Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-19 Thread Mark Phillips
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Dan Dubovik dand...@gmail.com wrote: Can you SSH as the hammerhead user? No mark@orca:~/Desktop/buffalo_nas$ ssh hammerh...@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Password: Connection to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx closed by remote host. Connection to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx closed. When you FTP as

Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-18 Thread Bryan O'Neal
I was not saying you knew the root password just that you knew a password and a corresponding hash to said password and the root hash JTR should be able to get you the correct root password. On 7/17/11, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote: Bryan, I think what you are missing is the

Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-18 Thread Lisa Kachold
I believe the script.php has to be moved the webroot directory and given permissions there I believe, but well if you can't get a login via ssh... -- how to do it? On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.bizwrote: On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:54 AM, Lisa Kachold

Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-18 Thread Dan Dubovik
Can you SSH as the hammerhead user? When you FTP as the hammerhead user, can you move the script.php file to the htdocs directory? It has 777 permissions, so should be able to open it / drop a file there. If you can get a PHP file uploaded and able to execute properly, perhaps a PHP based shell

Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-17 Thread Sam Kreimeyer
Mark, Openwall is one of the better free lists out there. BT5 has darkc0de in it (17mb). I can't think of any others that you don't have to pay for. However, you can pass rules to JTR for creating word permutations on the fly to expand your list (use the --rules option [note: default rules will

Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-17 Thread Bryan O'Neal
if you can get a copy of the password hash file. And you know your password. Then you should be able to figure out the hash function and JTR should give you every password on the box. So... I seem to be missing something in this conversation thread. ? On 7/17/11, Mark Phillips

Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-17 Thread Mark Phillips
Bryan, I think what you are missing is the ...and you know your password I don't know the root password for the NAS box. That is what I am trying to figure out so I can ssh into the box as root. What I have: * Buffalo NAS LS-WXL with firmware rev 1.43 * I can ssh as root and get a password

Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-16 Thread Lisa Kachold
There are alot of password files and dictionary lists on various sites. Backtrack5 contains a good number. But I imagine that it's either not allowing root via ssh or you have the wrong username. Or it's a truely random string. On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 10:33 PM, Mark Phillips

Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-15 Thread Lisa Kachold
Mark, On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.bizwrote: Lisa, John the Ripper has been running for almost 2 days trying to crack the passwordstill no success. I think it's hung. What options did you pass it? Did you feed it a dictionary file? It

Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-15 Thread Mark Phillips
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.comwrote: Mark, On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote: Lisa, John the Ripper has been running for almost 2 days trying to crack the passwordstill no success. I think it's

Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-15 Thread Lisa Kachold
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.bizwrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.comwrote: Mark, On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote: Lisa, John the Ripper has been running

Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-15 Thread Mark Phillips
Since this is a drive buffalo, I might try ettercap ssh downgrade attack: http://openmaniak.com/ettercap_filter.php ttp://sites.google.com/site/clickdeathsquad/Home/cds-ssh-mitmdowngrade Not sure how a man in the middle attack will work, since I don't know the password to begin with... Or

Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-14 Thread Sam Kreimeyer
Hello Mark, Have you tried using Kon-Boot? It's a bootable image that edits the kernel to bypass the password prompt. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:

Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-14 Thread Lisa Kachold
If you don't have the ability to boot something like a DVD/CD or USB key, try john the ripper? Save the encrypted string to a test file and run it through john the ripper running on your system: Ubuntu: # apt-get install john Centos/RH/Fedora: # yum install john Example use: # john -single

Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-14 Thread Mark Phillips
Lisa, John the Ripper has been running for almost 2 days trying to crack the passwordstill no success. :) Mark On Jul 14, 2011 4:28 PM, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.com wrote: If you don't have the ability to boot something like a DVD/CD or USB key, try john the ripper? Save the

Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-12 Thread Mark Phillips
I have a new Buffalo LS-WXL NAS and I would like to root it. It has the newer firmware version, 1.43, and the instructions for rooting it ( http://buffalo.nas-central.org/wiki/Category:LS-WXL) have not caught up with the new firmware. However, I was able to unzip the firmware to my laptop and it

Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-12 Thread Matt Graham
From: Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz I was able to unzip the firmware to my laptop and it appears that ssh root login is now enabled in the stock firmware. I confirmed this by trying ssh to the machine.but, I need the root password to login. How can I extract the root password

Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-12 Thread Steven A. DuChene
There are password hacking tools out there you could run against the encrypted password that is stored in /etc/shadow but if there is a locked root account there may not be an encrypted password for root in that file and you will never be able to login. -- Steven DuChene -Original