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Meow - Challenge Setup

Meow

I connected to their OpenVPN service as I have my own AttackBox locally on my machine.

I then spawned the machine: We get the IP, and then the questions unlock. Let’s answer the basic ones first, then check the machine.

Task 1

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Task 6

If you don’t know protocol numbers, you may need to scan the machine to check! For fun, I ran the scan anyway:

Task 7

This one is easy too ;)

Task 8 (Challenge Flag)

root was the valid and correct login, no password required.