Hacking Insights by Max Bautista

Extraterrestrial Persistence writeup

Challenge name: Extraterrestrial Persistence

Difficulty: Very Easy

Challenge Scenario: There is a rumor that aliens have developed a persistence mechanism that is impossible to detect. After investigating her recently compromised Linux server, Pandora found a possible sample of this mechanism. Can you analyze it and find out how they install their persistence?

Link: https://app.hackthebox.com/challenges/Extraterrestrial%2520Persistence?tab=play_challenge

Machine IP: NA

Downloaded the file Extraterrestrial_Persistence.zip. Unzipped it. There is a persistence.sh file. Read that.

The base64 was the most interesting of this. Decoded it myself and I got the flag.

GG