Description

data.txt is a binary file. The password is one of the few human-readable strings in it, preceded by several = characters.

Overview

• strings scans a binary file and prints sequences of printable characters above a minimum length.
• Piping to grep "==" filters for lines with = signs, matching the password entry.

Solution

channel = connect.system("strings data.txt | grep ==")
options = channel.recv().decode().strip().splitlines()
options = [s.replace("=", "").strip() for s in options]
result = sorted(options, key=len)[-1]

Password

G7w8LIi6J3kTb8A7j9LgrywtEUlyyp6s