OverTheWire: Bandit Walkthrough Guide

A walkthrough guide to completing the Bandit levels in the OverTheWire wargames.

OverTheWire: Bandit

Level 0 → Level 1

Learn how to log into a server using SSH from the terminal

The password is stored in the readme located in the home directory. You will need the password to log into bandit1.

bandit0@bandit:~$ ls
readme
bandit0@bandit:~$ cat readme
'Congratulations on your first steps into the bandit game!!
Please make sure you have read the rules at https://overthewire.org/rules/
If you are following a course, workshop, walthrough or other educational activity,
please inform the instructor about the rules as well and encourage them to
contribute to the OverTheWire community so we can keep these games free!

The password you are looking for is: ZjLjTmM6FvvyRnrb2rfNWOZOTa6ip5If'

Level 1 → Level 2

The password for the next level is stored in a file called - located in the home directory.

cat < -
263JGJPfgU6LtdEvgfWU1XP5yac29mFx

Level 2 → Level 3

The password for the next level is stored in a file called spaces in this filename located in the home directory. The file in the home screen has spaces in it’s name. We use tab to auto-complete or add backslashes before each space.

bandit2@bandit:~$ ls
spaces in this filename
bandit2@bandit:~$ cat spaces\ in\ this\ filename
MNk8KNH3Usiio41PRUEoDFPqfxLPlSmx

Level 3 → Level 4

The password for the next level is stored in a hidden file in the inhere directory. The file name has a . which makes it hidden. Using -all command we can see all files.

bandit3@bandit:~/inhere$ ll -a
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 root    root    4096 Jul 17 15:57 ./
drwxr-xr-x 3 root    root    4096 Jul 17 15:57 ../
-rw-r----- 1 bandit4 bandit3   33 Jul 17 15:57 ...Hiding-From-You
bandit3@bandit:~/inhere$ cat ...Hiding-From-You
2WmrDFRmJIq3IPxneAaMGhap0pFhF3NJ
bandit3@bandit:~/inhere$

Level 4 → Level 5

The password for the next level is stored in the only human-readable file in the inhere directory. Tip: if your terminal is messed up, try the “reset” command.

bandit4@bandit:~/inhere$ file ./-file*
./-file00: data
./-file01: data
./-file02: data
./-file03: data
./-file04: data
./-file05: data
./-file06: data
./-file07: ASCII text
./-file08: data
./-file09: data
bandit4@bandit:~/inhere$ cat < -file07
4oQYVPkxZOOEOO5pTW81FB8j8lxXGUQw
bandit4@bandit:~/inhere$

Level 5 → Level 6

The password for the next level is stored in a file somewhere under the inhere directory and has all of the following properties:

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