# Linux Password Hunting

### Config Files Search

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```bash
for l in $(echo ".conf .config .cnf");do echo -e "\nFile extension: " $l; find / -name *$l 2>/dev/null | grep -v "lib\|fonts\|share\|core" ;done
```

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### Credentials in Configuration Files

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```bash
for i in $(find / -name *.cnf 2>/dev/null | grep -v "doc\|lib");do echo -e "\nFile: " $i; grep "user\|password\|pass" $i 2>/dev/null | grep -v "\#";done
```

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### Database Backup Search

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```bash
for l in $(echo ".sql .db .*db .db*");do echo -e "\nDB File extension: " $l; find / -name *$l 2>/dev/null | grep -v "doc\|lib\|headers\|share\|man";done
```

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### Search Notes/txt Files

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```bash
find /home/* -type f -name "*.txt"
```

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### Search Scripts on Linux

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```bash
for l in $(echo ".py .pyc .pl .go .jar .c .sh");do echo -e "\nFile extension: " $l; find / -name *$l 2>/dev/null | grep -v "doc\|lib\|headers\|share";done
```

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### Search Cronjob

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```bash
cat /etc/crontab
ls -la /etc/cron.*/
```

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### Search SSH Private Key

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```bash
grep -rnw "PRIVATE KEY" /home/* 2>/dev/null | grep ":1"
grep -rnw "PRIVATE KEY" /* 2>/dev/null | grep ":1"
```

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### File History

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```bash
find / -type f -name "*history" 2>/dev/null
tail -n5 /home/*/.*_history*
```

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### Search Password in PHP Files

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```bash
grep -iRl "password\|passwd" /var/www --include=*.php
```

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### Cracking Linux Credentials

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```bash
# unshadow local creds
unshadow passwd.bak shadow.bak > unshadow.txt
# Perform Dictionary Attack
hashcat -m 1800 -a 0 unshadow.txt /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt -o cracked_shadow
```

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Take a look at the unshadow\.txt file. The field after the username (with a number or letter between two dollar signs) is the one that identifies the hash type used. It could be one of the following:

1. **$1$** is MD5
2. **$2a$** is Blowfish
3. **$2y$** is Blowfish
4. **$5$** is SHA-256
5. **$6$** is SHA-512
6. **$y$** is yescrypt

For **$y$**, for example, you can use the command:

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```bash
john --format=crypt --wordlist=/usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt unshadow.txt
```

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### Tools

* <https://github.com/unode/firefox_decrypt>
* <https://github.com/huntergregal/mimipenguin>
* <https://github.com/AlessandroZ/LaZagne/tree/master/Linux>


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