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Capture the FlagMedium

Trace the Intruder

Lab for Reading Linux Logs: journalctl, auth.log & syslog

Scenario

Someone brute-forced their way onto this box and then used sudo. The whole story is in /var/log/auth.log: a wall of failed logins, one that finally succeeded, and the commands that followed. Search the log and find the secret the attacker echoed through sudo.

Objective

Read the auth log to find what an intruder ran with sudo after breaking in.

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