bandit → Bandit Level 9
bandit_9/README.md
OverTheWire strings grep binary linux The password for the next level is stored in the file data.txt in one of the few human-readable strings, preceded by several ‘=’ characters.

Bandit Level 9

  • data.txt is mostly binary garbage
    • the password is one of the few human-readable strings inside it, and it’s preceded by a bunch of = signs.
  • strings data.txt | grep "===" extracts all printable character sequences from the binary file and filters for the ones containing ===
    • strings scans the file and prints any sequence of 4+ printable characters
    • grep then narrows it down to the line with the = prefix.

Password

UsvVyFSfZZWbi6wgC7dAFyFuR6jQQUhR

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