Linux privilege escalation -cronjob abuse -HTb Academy

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Connect to the target system and escalate privileges by abusing the misconfigured cron job. Submit the contents of the flag.txt file in the /root/cron_abuse directory. Can anyone help with the step by step solution to this questions.

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if you need hints, dm me
but no writeups, even for academy modules

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u can cat /root/cron_abuse/flag.txt using the same technique of the previous exercise “Vulnerable Service” i did that and it worked for me.

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hints on how you did the previous one

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thanx for your ez solution =D but it would be nice to resolve it with the new method, thank you!