TryHackMe TShark

TryHackMe TShark
References
  • DarkSec. (2021). TryHackMe TShark Official Walkthrough [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://youtu.be/tbXIFRS4u7I
  • Reading PCAP Files
    How many packets are in the dns.cap file?
  • TShark's -r flag enable reading a PCAP file.
  • wc's -l flag counts the lines of a given input.
  • $ tshark -r dns.cap | wc -l
    38
    Answer: 38
    How many A records are in the capture (including responses)?
  • TShark's -Y "dns.qry.type == 1" is used to filter DNS A records.
  • $ tshark -r dns.cap -Y "dns.qry.type == 1" | wc -l
    6
    Answer: 6
    Which A record was present the most?
  • TShark's -T fields is used to specify the output's format.
  • TShark's -e dns.qry.name is specify which field to output.
  • $ tshark -r dns.cap -Y "dns.qry.type == 1" -T fields -e dns.qry.name
    www.netbsd.org
    www.netbsd.org
    GRIMM.utelsystems.local
    GRIMM.utelsystems.local
    GRIMM.utelsystems.local
    GRIMM.utelsystems.local
    Answer: GRIMM.utelsystems.local
    DNS Exfil
    How many packets are in this capture?
    $ tshark -r task3.pcap | wc -l
    125
    Answer: 125
    How many DNS queries are in this PCAP (excluding responses)?
    $ tshark -r task3.pcap -Y "dns.flags.response == 0" | wc -l
    56
    Answer: 56
    What is the DNS transaction ID of the suspicious queries (in hex)?
    $ tshark -r task3.pcap -Y "dns.flags.response == 0" -T fields -e dns.id
    0x0000beef
    Answer: 0x0000beef
    What is the string extracted from the DNS queries?
    $ tshark -r task3.pcap -Y "dns.flags.response == 0" -T fields -e dns.qry.name | cut -c1 | tr "\n" " " | sed 's/ //g'
    MZWGCZ33ORUDC427NFZV65BQOVTWQX3XNF2GQMDVG5PXI43IGRZGWIL5
    Answer: MZWGCZ33ORUDC427NFZV65BQOVTWQX3XNF2GQMDVG5PXI43IGRZGWIL5
    What is the flag?
    $ echo 'MZWGCZ33ORUDC427NFZV65BQOVTWQX3XNF2GQMDVG5PXI43IGRZGWIL5' | base32 -d
    flag{th1s_is_t0ugh_with0u7_tsh4rk!}
    Flag: flag{th1s_is_t0ugh_with0u7_tsh4rk!}

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