wiki:Device/Kindle3/RootShell
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Kindle 3 root shell

Prerequisites

  • Serial console

Obtaining password hash

  • Boot the machine and login with default user. No password is required.
  • cat /etc/shadow
  • ...
  • PROFIT

Obtaining passwords

  • framework user's password is mario
  • root password need to be figured out (it's per-device).

Getting root password

  • Install john package
  • Run the following script: 
    for i in $(seq 0 4095); do printf 'fiona%03x\n' $i; done | john -stdin shadow

Another way to obtain root password

echo fiona$(echo B00XXXXXXXXXXXXX | md5sum | cut -b 8-10)

B00XXXXXXXXXXXXX is the Kindle's serial number