Privilege Escalation (Cracking Password Using John the Ripper)

Continuing post Privilege Escalation Part 1

1.Copy  this file and save as at root or home for example give it a name etcshadow (This is the contents of the file etc / shadow, which had been taken from the server)

root:$1$LKrO9Q3N$EBgJhPZFHiKXtK0QRqeSm/:14041:0:99999:7:::
daemon:*:14040:0:99999:7:::
bin:*:14040:0:99999:7:::
sys:*:14040:0:99999:7:::
sync:*:14040:0:99999:7:::
games:*:14040:0:99999:7:::
man:*:14040:0:99999:7:::
lp:*:14040:0:99999:7:::
mail:*:14040:0:99999:7:::
news:*:14040:0:99999:7:::
uucp:*:14040:0:99999:7:::
proxy:*:14040:0:99999:7:::
www-data:*:14040:0:99999:7:::
backup:*:14040:0:99999:7:::
list:*:14040:0:99999:7:::
irc:*:14040:0:99999:7:::
gnats:*:14040:0:99999:7:::
nobody:*:14040:0:99999:7:::
dhcp:!:14040:0:99999:7:::
syslog:!:14040:0:99999:7:::
klog:!:14040:0:99999:7:::
mysql:!:14040:0:99999:7:::
sshd:!:14040:0:99999:7:::
vmware:$1$7nwi9F/D$AkdCcO2UfsCOM0IC8BYBb/:14042:0:99999:7:::
obama:$1$hvDHcCfx$pj78hUduionhij9q9JrtA0:14041:0:99999:7:::
osama:$1$Kqiv9qBp$eJg2uGCrOHoXGq0h5ehwe.:14041:0:99999:7:::

2. Open terminal type

root@bt:cd  /pentest/passwords/john

3. Crack Password and type

root@bt:/pentest/passwords/john# ./john /etcshadow