/etc/passwd


Checking for any files owned by the michael user after making the Lateral Movement

[michael@snookums ~]$ find / -user michael -ls -type f 2>/dev/null | grep -v '/proc'
     5    0 crw--w----   1 michael  tty      136,   2 Mar 23 17:38 /dev/pts/2
173517    0 drwx------   2 michael  michael        40 Mar 23 17:24 /run/user/1000
4280452    4 -rw-r--r--   1 michael  root         1165 Mar 23 17:34 /etc/passwd
775207    0 -rw-rw----   1 michael  mail            0 Jun  9  2020 /var/spool/mail/michael
13279825    0 drwx------   2 michael  michael       100 Mar 23 17:34 /home/michael
13279826    4 -rw-r--r--   1 michael  michael        18 Aug  8  2019 /home/michael/.bash_logout
13279827    4 -rw-r--r--   1 michael  michael       193 Aug  8  2019 /home/michael/.bash_profile
13279828    4 -rw-r--r--   1 michael  michael       231 Aug  8  2019 /home/michael/.bashrc
13238147    4 -rw-r--r--   1 michael  michael        33 Mar 23 15:49 /home/michael/local.txt

The /etc/passwd file is OWNED by the michael user Moving on to the Privilege Escalation phase