This is a writeup for the Over the Wire Bandit Wargames for all the levels. The bandit wargames is a great way to get started with the Linux CLI.
How to Play
To play the bandit wargame, simply open a terminal and SSH into the wargame using the command:
ssh bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220 -l <level>
Where <level> should be replaced with the level of wargame you're currently playing.
After that command has been executed, you will be prompted to add the bandit server to your list of known hosts. Enter "yes".
You will then be prompted for a password. Note that the password for each level is the flag for the previous level.
Levels
Level 0
Cat 1.0
Commands
cat readme
Flag
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Level 1
Cat 2.0
Commands
cat ./-
Flag
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Level 2
Cat 3.0
Commands
cat ./--spaces\ in\ this\ filename--
Flag
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Level 3
List all
Commands
cd inhere
ls -a
cat ...Hiding-From-You
Flag
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Level 4
File types
Commands
cd inhere
file ./*
cat ./-file07
Flag
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Level 5
Finding files
Commands
cd inhere
find . -type f -size 1033c -readable
cat ./maybehere07/.file2
Flag
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Level 6
Find 2.0
Commands
find / -user bandit7 -group bandit6 -size 33c 2>/dev/null
cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/bandit7.password
Flag
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Level 7
Grep
Commands
grep "millionth" data.txt
Flag
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Level 8
Uniq
Commands
cat data.txt | sort | uniq -u
Flag
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Level 9
Strings
Commands
strings -d data.txt | grep '=='
Flag
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Level 10
Base64
Commands
base64 -d data.txt
Flag
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Level 11
ROT13
Commands
cat data.txt | tr 'A-Za-z' "N-ZA-Mn-za-m"
Flag
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Level 12
Compressed into a ball
Commands
mkdir /tmp/data
cp data.txt /tmp/data
cd /tmp/data
file data.txt
xxd -r data.txt data1
file data1
mv data1 data2.gz
gzip -d data2.gz
file data2
mv data2 data3.bz2
bzip2 -d data3.bz2
file data3
mv data3 data4.gz
gzip -d data4.gz
file data4
tar -xvf data4
file data5.bin
tar -xvf data5.bin
file data6.bin
mv data6.bin data7.bz2
bzip2 -d data7.bz2
file data7
tar -xvf data7
file data8.bin
mv data8.bin data8.gz
gzip -d data8.gz
file data8
cat data8
Flag
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Level 13
Advanced SSH
Commands
scp -P 2220 bandit13@bandit.labs.overthewire.org:sshkey.private .
chmod 700 sshkey.private
ssh -i sshkey.private bandit14@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
Flag
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Level 14
Netcat
Commands
cat /etc/bandit_pass/bandit14
nc localhost 30000
Flag
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Level 15
OpenSSL
Commands
openssl s_client -connect localhost:30001
Flag
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