The object of the game is to acquire root access via any means possible (except actually hacking the VM server or player). The purpose of these games are to learn the basic tools and techniques in vulnerability assessment and exploitation. There are more ways then one to successfully complete the challenges.
Service Enumeration
Port
Service
Version Detection
TCP: 22
SSH
OpenSSH 2.9p2 (protocol 1.99)
TCP: 80
HTTP
Apache httpd 1.3.20 ((Unix)
TCP: 111
RPC Bind
N/A
TCP: 139
netbios-ssn
Samba
TCP: 443
HTTPS
Apache httpd 1.3.20 ((Unix)
Samba Enumeration
Based on the age of the system other services, I know from exeperience that SAMBA is likely vulnerable to the trans2open exploit.