‘Escalate the privileges using capabilities and read the flag.txt file in the “/root” directory. Submit its contents as the answer.’
I already following the step-by-step in module, but when I use ‘echo -e ‘:%s/^root:[^:]*:/root::/\nwq’ | /usr/bin/vim.basic -es /etc/passwd’ then ‘cat /etc/passwd | head -n1’ the ‘x’ from ‘root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash’ does not disappear, any clue how to remove the x from ‘root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash’?
same issue fro vim.basic cap_dac capabilty is already set which means we can over write the file but the file is read only that s y i guess we are unable to rewrite the file.
Unable to get any idea how to resolv this
tried lsattr and chattr but nothing is working out
Any hints would be helpful
I already finish this module, hint is use vim
then quit using :wq!
ya previously i was using !wq and !qa then it was throwing error now solved the lab
dont open the file with
/usr/bin/vim.basic /etc/passwd
Skip thios step and i used /\qw! instead of /\wq
easiest way to complete this one is to check GTFObins, few options there including file read.