# Part. 2 - Old md5
**Category:** WEB - **Points:** 210 - **Solves:**\
**Description:**\
Decrypt the user's password.\
This step is the result of a three-part challenge.\
\&#xNAN;*It is reset every 30min, so the platform may be unavailable for a few seconds.*\
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**Solution:**\
To solve this challenge you need to find a way to control the server and find the flag.\
The vulnerability was found in the Part. 1 - Uploads so we need to find the password of a special user.\
To find the special user, we need to analyze the *passwd* file.\
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There is a (strange) user who can execute bash command : `shrek`\
Also, we can see that his home directory is `/home/shrek` so we decide to go at this directory.\
In this directory there is the *fLaG2.txt* file but we can't open it because we don't have permissions.\
Go back to *home* and we see that there is a file named *important.txt*. With a `cat important.txt` we receive an instruction to execute a program :\
[](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/91023285/163721722-6c36183b-8658-47eb-b654-05c76ec4ceae.png)\
So before execute him, we prefer to analyze his content by `cat /.runme.sh` :\
\
Oh ! We have the encrypted password for shrek : **cf4c2232354952690368f1b3dfdfb24d**\
With just 1 research on internet we find the md5 decrypted password => **onion**\
Now we can connect us by SSH with this command : `ssh shrek@51.255.172.76` and this password : `onion`\
We go back to the `home/shrek` directory and analyze the fLaG2.txt file and we get the flag :\
🚩 FLAG
```
HACKDAY{ABVHDBRUshrekSKSDFMLOJFS654}
```
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