Password Secrets about writeups

[evyatar9]

Hi @zach83,
Sure,
If you want to see writeups for HackTheBox active machines - you must enter the machine root hash as a PDF password.

Okay...
I'm guessing by that you mean the flag?

[evyatar9]

I mean the root hash from /etc/shadow, Example:

>cat /etc/shadow
root:$6$LCKz7Uz/FuAAAJ6o$LaOqabtpLJIhOzr7YwJzFPX4Nd**********k4S1.CY7D/ECYVfP4Q5eS43/PMtsOa5up1ThgjB3.xUZsHyH*1:18754:0:99999:7:::

At this case The password will be

$6$LCKz7Uz/FuAAAJ6o$LaOqabtpLJIhOzr7YwJzFPX4Nd**********k4S1.CY7D/ECYVfP4Q5eS43/PMtsOa5up1ThgjB3.xUZsHyH*1

Btw, you get get it simply by:

>cat /etc/shadow | grep root | cut -d':' -f2
$6$LCKz7Uz/FuAAAJ6o$LaOqabtpLJIhOzr7YwJzFPX4Nd**********k4S1.CY7D/ECYVfP4Q5eS43/PMtsOa5up1ThgjB3.xUZsHyH*1