Overthewire Bandit level 0-1-2-3 walkthrough

3 min readNov 26, 2021

Complete walkthrough with explanation for level 0–3

Level 0

In this level, we have to log in to bandit.labs.overthewire.org, on port 2220

username: bandit0

password: bandit0

Now that we are told that the password is stored in a file called readme

so let’s use the command ls to list all the files in the current directory.
we can see a file called readme, to view the contents of that file, we can use the cat and command, cat <filename>
and we get the password for the next level!

we have to get the password from a file called -

let’s login using ssh bandit1@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220 (ssh <username>@<url> <port>)
now let’s see what is in the home directory using the ls -l command.
the -l uses a long listing format
we can find a file -, but if we try using the command cat -, we won't get anything in return but the shell is waiting for user input, i.e it interprets - as redirection.
to overcome this we can use cat ./-

We have to retrieve the password from a file called spaces in this filename

login with this : ssh bandit2@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220

if we try cat spaces in this file name, we get an error, as the terminal interprets each space-separated word as a separate file.
to overcome this, we can use cat "spaces in this file name" or cat spaces\ in\ this\ filename

login : ssh bandit3@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220

The password for the next level is stored in a hidden file in the inhere directory

let’s use the command ls to view the contents of the current directory, we can see the inhere directory.
to go into that directory we can use the cd (Change Directory) command, cd inhere
if we use the ls command we won't be able to see any files or directories, as the file is hidden.