Security - Pentest - Part II - Break the Box Boot2root

This virtual machine is provided by school 42 to improve security skills.

🔧 System Requirements:

• Operating System: Linux x86-64 architecture
• Software: Virtualization Software, nmap, dirb, wget (or similar), GDB, python3

Usage

• To download BornToSecHackMe-v1.1.iso

  wget https://cdn.intra.42.fr/isos/BornToSecHackMe-v1.1.iso

• Use a 64-bit virtual machine to run this iso.
• Configure Host-only Adapter (or similar) to get the iso in local Network

Overview

Contrary to general practice in CTF challenges, a detailed walkthrough to solve the challenge in interactive mode is provided in each level directory. The Goal is simple :

• Become root in all the different ways possible.
• To begin, we have nothing to connect through ssh.

Summary

• Writeup1 : Main Challenge
• Writeup2 : Dirty Cow