ECSA v10: EC-Council Certified Security Analyst v10

George, a freelance Security Auditor and Penetration Tester, was conducting a pen-testing assignment for Xsecurity. George is an ESCA-certified professional and was following the LPT methodology to perform a comprehensive security assessment of the company. After the initial reconnaissance, scanning, and enumeration phases, he successfully recovered a user’s password and could log on to a Linux machine on the network. He could also access the /etc/passwd file; however, the passwords were stored as a single x character.

What will George do to recover the actual encrypted passwords?