Bandit Level 9 -> Level 10

• Platform: OverTheWire
• Wargame: Bandit
• Date: 2025-12-13 12:45

Overview

Bandit Level 9: The password for Level 10 is stored in a file named data.txt in a few human-readable strings, preceded by several = characters.

One will need to read the file data.txt filtering by the = character.

Connection:

Host: bandit.labs.overthewire.org
Port: 2220
User: bandit9
Password: (use the password from Level 8's data.txt file)

Steps

1. SSH into the server as bandit9

(enter the password you found in Level 8 when prompted)

2. Find the lines with =

========== the
========== password
f\Z'========== is
========== (password for bandit10)

Summary

• The password is stored in a file named data.txt in the home directory of bandit9.
• Use strings to print the contents of the file data.txt.
• Use grep to filter for = character.
• Use | (pipe) to chain commands together.