# HTB | Fawn

**Task 1**

**What does the 3-letter acronym FTP stand for?**

**<mark>» Ans: File Transfer Protocol</mark>**

**Task 2**

**Which port does the FTP service listen on usually?**

**<mark>» Ans: 21</mark>**

**Task 3**

**FTP sends data in the clear, without any encryption. What acronym is used for a later protocol designed to provide similar functionality to FTP but securely, as an extension of the SSH protocol?**

**<mark>» Ans: SFTP</mark>**

**Task 4**

**What is the command we can use to send an ICMP echo request to test our connection to the target?**

**<mark>» Ans: Ping</mark>**

**Task 5**

**From your scans, what version is FTP running on the target?**

`nmap -sV -T4 10.129.14.204`

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**<mark>» Ans: vsftpd 3.0.3</mark>**

**Task 6**

**From your scans, what OS type is running on the target?**

**<mark>» Ans: Unix</mark>**

**Task 7**

**What is the command we need to run in order to display the 'ftp' client help menu?**

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1745528196529/35b67886-59a9-4db2-9fcf-cb9e88cd244e.png align="center")

**<mark>» Ans: ftp ?</mark>**

**Task 8**

**What is username that is used over FTP when you want to log in without having an account?**

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1745528269603/13a26143-0f49-4649-be4b-187d96e1bd9c.png align="center")

**<mark>» Ans: Anonymous</mark>**

**Task 9**

**What is the response code we get for the FTP message 'Login successful'?**

**<mark>» Ans: 230</mark>**

**Task 10**

**There are a couple of commands we can use to list the files and directories available on the FTP server. One is dir. What is the other that is a common way to list files on a Linux system.**

**<mark>» Ans: ls</mark>**

**Task 11**

**What is the command used to download the file we found on the FTP server?**

**<mark>» Ans: get</mark>**

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**Submit Flag**

**Submit root flag**

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**<mark>» Ans: 035db21c881520061c53e0536e44f815</mark>**