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Zeno

Do you have the same patience as the great stoic philosopher Zeno? Try it out!

Task 1: Start up the VM

Perform a penetration test against a vulnerable machine. Your end-goal is to become the root user and retrieve the two flags:

  • /home/{{user}}/user.txt
  • /root/root.txt

The flags are always in the same format, where XYZ is a MD5 hash: THM{XYZ}

The machine can take some time to fully boot up, so please be patient! :)

Answer the questions below

  1. The VM is booted up!

Task 2: Get both flags

Good luck!

Answer the questions below

  1. Content of user.txt

  2. Content of root.txt

  3. Gained access as root user.