Fawn Write-up
Machine HTB Linux Very Easy
🌐 Task 1 — What does the 3-letter acronym FTP stand for?
The answer is File Transfer Protocol
🌐 Task 2 — Which port does the FTP service listen on usually?
The answer is 21
🌐 Task 3 — FTP sends data in the clear, without any encryption. What acronym is used for a later protocol designed to provide similar functionality to FTP but securely, as an extension of the SSH protocol?
The answer is SFTP
🌐 Task 4 — What is the command we can use to send an ICMP echo request to test our connection to the target?
The answer is ping
🌐 Task 5 — From your scans, what version is FTP running on the target?
The answer is vsftpd 3.0.3
🌐 Task 6 — From your scans, what OS type is running on the target?
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The answer is Unix
🌐 Task 7 — What is the command we need to run in order to display the ‘ftp’ client help menu?
The answer is ftp -?
🌐 Task 8 — What is username that is used over FTP when you want to log in without having an account?
The answer is anonymous
🌐 Task 9 — What is the response code we get for the FTP message ‘Login successful’?
The answer is 230
🌐 Task 10 — There are a couple of commands we can use to list the files and directories available on the FTP server. One is dir. What is the other that is a common way to list files on a Linux system.
The answer is ls
🌐 Task 11 — What is the command used to download the file we found on the FTP server?
The answer is get
🚩 Root Flag — Submit the flag located in root’s home directory.
The answer is 035<REDACTED>815
