Official discussion thread for Ophiuchi. Please do not post any spoilers or big hints.
I can get a connection back to my box, but something isn’t working correctly for me. lol
edit: got a foothold, but looks like I was beaten to it
First time playing with this so trying to get RCE is gonna be fun
Got RCE, but can’t spawn revshell 
Finally, got root
Like this machine !!
Learned new things really!!
Now, that was fun. Pretty straight-forward machine without any guesswork or surprises. Yet still I learned something new. Thanks for that, @felamos 
@HomeSen I have user.txt any hint on root
@GARYHAK2009 said:
@HomeSen I have user.txt any hint on root
Look what you are allowed to do. And then find and exploit it 
cant get the ■■■■ thing to execute code
Type your comment> @p00dl3 said:
cant get the ■■■■ thing to execute code
the same thing is happening to me
root@ophiuchi:~# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
finally got reverse shell
Got root. Loved the machine, learned new things.
Type your comment> @Gr4yKT said:
Type your comment> @p00dl3 said:
cant get the ■■■■ thing to execute code
the same thing is happening to me
yeah, this was confusing.
For root, all it takes is modification of 1 thing.
Interesting box.
root@ophiuchi:~# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
Type your comment> @Gr4yKT said:
Type your comment> @p00dl3 said:
cant get the ■■■■ thing to execute code
the same thing is happening to me
Same.
Loved this box. One of the first of this difficulty that I’ve rooted without any hints whatsoever.
Foothold: probably gonna want to use a web proxy like B*** - try to break the thing. Some careful google-fu can yield some interesting info and some great tutorials.
User: a bit trivial. The name is a big giveaway.
Root: This took me a while to figure out. Usual enum, then once you found a thing, where you are is important. You may have to get your hands dirty with some new stuff.
Thanks for the wonderful box - I think it deserves a much higher quality rating.
EDIT: lots of people are saying to edit the w file - just putting it out that that it is possible to create your own. I got segfaults when using the language you would think to use, but there’s lots of other options out there. A weird version of a commonly mocked scripting language did the trick for me.
Type your comment> @pizzapower said:
I can get a connection back to my box, but something isn’t working correctly for me. lol
edit: got a foothold, but looks like I was beaten to it
i can get a connection back too. but i have no idea on how can i get revershell.
My advice for you guys trying to get foothold… if you get a 500 debug/dump screen… read all the way through it… lol don’t be like me.
Wasted a hour until I noticed that could have had it soooo much sooner.
Interesting box, rough for my skillsets but tis how we learn so they say 
Type your comment> @PrivacyMonk3y said:
My advice for you guys trying to get foothold… if you get a 500 debug/dump screen… read all the way through it… lol don’t be like me.
Wasted a hour until I noticed that
Interesting box, rough for my skillsets but tis how we learn so they say
your wasted hour saved me … thanks for the tip.
Rooted!
For the last step. You can use a web thing, and it’s as simple as you think it is, just cut out all of the other ■■■■, and use whatever old faithful tool you’ve used since the 70s.