OverTheWire: Bandit Writeups

Welcome to my writeups for the Bandit wargame from OverTheWire.

🎯 Goal: Practice Linux basics, privilege escalation, and shell skills by solving increasingly difficult levels designed for beginners in cybersecurity and CTFs (Capture The Flag).

📌 What's Inside

This repository contains my complete solutions and explanations for all 32 levels of the Bandit wargame.

Each level includes:

✅ The objective

🔎 Step-by-step walkthrough

💡 Key takeaways or concepts

📂 Commands used

📁 Structure

bandit-writeups/ ├── level00.md ├── level01.md ├── ... ├── level31.md └── README.md

🧠 Skills Covered

Basic Linux navigation

File permissions and manipulation

SSH tunneling

Cron jobs and SUID binaries

Git forensics and tags

Restricted shells and bypasses

🚀 Why Bandit?

Bandit is an excellent starting point for anyone looking to:

Get into cybersecurity

Learn Linux and bash commands

Start solving CTFs and wargames

🕹️ You can try it yourself here: 👉 https://overthewire.org/wargames/