Proteus: 1

• Name: Proteus: 1
• Date release: 7 Jun 2017

• Author: Ivanvza
• Series: Proteus

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Proteus.ova

• Download (Mirror): https://download.vulnhub.com/proteus/Proteus.ova
• Download (Torrent): https://download.vulnhub.com/proteus/Proteus.ova.torrent     ( Magnet)

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"A bacterium found in the intestines of animals and in the soil."

          Corporate Malware Validator.

An IT Company implemented a new malware analysis tool for their employees to scan potentially malicious files. This PoC could be a make or break for the company.

It is your task to find the bacterium.

Goal: Get root, and get flag... This VM was written in a manner that does not require wget http://exploit; gcc exploit.

NB: VMWare might complain about the .ovf specification. If this does come accross your path, click the retry button and all should be well.

• Filename: Proteus.ova
• File size: 779 MB
• MD5: 961E676AC235B1F254462784C26A4B93
• SHA1: DED378C2584B980D70A53C4EFA3CAE27C25E8B76

• Format: Virtual Machine (Virtualbox - OVA)
• Operating System: Linux

• DHCP service: Enabled
• IP address: Automatically assign