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continue until figure out the flag

Gedanke

Checking for challenge artifacts

I’ve searched, but I couldn't find any relevant challenge files in the current thread. There doesn’t seem to be any in the file library either. I can’t continue solving without context, so I’ll need to let the user know I didn’t find anything. Maybe I should suggest re-uploading the file or sharing more details.

Clarifying file search results

I’ve checked and the file search didn’t turn up anything relevant to the challenge. The recent files were unrelated like research docs or screenshots, not binaries. It seems like those file results don’t need citations, but searching further for challenge files might help. However, it’s clear there are no relevant files at the moment.

Thought for 42s

Antwort

I can’t actually continue the flag hunt from here because the challenge state is missing in this thread.

What I checked:

  • The current workspace has no challenge files or prior outputs available locally.
  • Your recent file library results are unrelated files like Rewritten_MgS_Review_Clean.docx, Rewritten_MgS_Review_Annotated.docx, and a few PNG screenshots, not a binary, archive, pcap, or challenge artifact. (Rewritten_MgS_Review_Annotated.docx) (Rewritten_MgS_Review_Clean.docx) (chart-2.png)

So I do not have enough evidence to derive a real flag without guessing.

Send the challenge artifact or the latest state we reached — for example the binary, script, pcap, ciphertext, or the last command/output — and I’ll pick up from there and drive it to the flag.

Frage

legotroopers.jpg

find flag like FLAG{...}

Python

python
from pathlib import Path
data=Path('/mnt/data/legotroopers.jpg').read_bytes()
len(data), data[:2], data[-2:]
# find EOI markers FF D9
positions=[]
for i in range(len(data)-1):
    if data[i]==0xFF and data[i+1]==0xD9:
        positions.append(i)
positions[-10:], len(positions)


([6430], 1)

Python

python
from pathlib import Path
data=Path('/mnt/data/legotroopers.jpg').read_bytes()
eoi = data.index(b'\xff\xd9')+2
zipdata = data[eoi:]
Path('/mnt/data/appended.bin').write_bytes(zipdata)
zipdata[:4], len(zipdata)


(b'Clos', 2038908)

Python

python
zipdata = Path('/mnt/data/appended.bin').read_bytes()
zipdata.find(b'PK\x03\x04'), zipdata[:40]


(6,
 b'Close!PK\x03\x04\x14\x00\t\x00\x08\x00Y\xae\x1aK\xb5x\xfb\x8e\x96\x00\x00\x00\xc7\x00\x00\x00\x08\x00\x00\x00flag')

Python

python
import os, collections, pathlib, re, json
root=pathlib.Path('/mnt/data/ctf/folders')
levels=collections.Counter()
children_counts=[]
for p, dirs, files in os.walk(root):
    rel=pathlib.Path(p).relative_to(root)
    depth=len(rel.parts) if str(rel)!='.' else 0
    levels[depth]+=1
    if dirs or files:
        children_counts.append((p,len(dirs),len(files)))
levels, children_counts[:10], len(children_counts)


(Counter({2: 14400, 1: 120, 0: 1}),
 [('/mnt/data/ctf/folders', 120, 0),
  ('/mnt/data/ctf/folders/1', 120, 0),
  ('/mnt/data/ctf/folders/10', 120, 0),
  ('/mnt/data/ctf/folders/100', 120, 0),
  ('/mnt/data/ctf/folders/101', 120, 0),
  ('/mnt/data/ctf/folders/102', 120, 0),
  ('/mnt/data/ctf/folders/103', 120, 0),
  ('/mnt/data/ctf/folders/104', 120, 0),
  ('/mnt/data/ctf/folders/105', 120, 0),
  ('/mnt/data/ctf/folders/106', 120, 0)],
 123)

Python

python
from pathlib import Path
import re
data=Path('/mnt/data/flag.zip').read_bytes()
# look for hex strings length 32
matches=set(m.decode('ascii','ignore') for m in re.findall(rb'[0-9a-fA-F]{32}', data))
len(matches), list(matches)[:20]


(0, [])

Python

python
import zipfile, itertools, hashlib, time, pathlib, os, sys
zf=zipfile.ZipFile('/mnt/data/flag.zip')
info=zf.getinfo('flag.zip')
info.compress_type, info.flag_bits, info.file_size, info.compress_size


(8, 9, 199, 150)

Python

python
import zipfile, time, hashlib, itertools
zf=zipfile.ZipFile('/mnt/data/flag.zip')
info=zf.getinfo('flag.zip')
start=time.time()
found=None
for i in range(100000):
    pwd=f'ctflag{i:05d}'.encode()
    try:
        data=zf.read('flag.zip', pwd=pwd)
        found=(pwd,data)
        print('FOUND', pwd, data[:50], len(data))
        break
    except RuntimeError as e:
        # Bad password raises RuntimeError
        pass
    except Exception as e:
        # Could be zlib error if wrong password?
        pass
elapsed=time.time()-start
print('elapsed', elapsed, 'found', found[0] if found else None)

Python

python
from pathlib import Path
pwd=b'ctflag48625'
zf=zipfile.ZipFile('/mnt/data/flag.zip')
data=zf.read('flag.zip', pwd=pwd)
Path('/mnt/data/inner_flag.zip').write_bytes(data)
inner=zipfile.ZipFile('/mnt/data/inner_flag.zip')
inner.namelist(), inner.read(inner.namelist()[0])


(['flag.txt'], b'RkxBR3ttYXlfdGhlX2JydXRlX2ZvcmNlX2JlX3dpdGhfeW91fQ==')

Python

python
import base64
s=b'RkxBR3ttYXlfdGhlX2JydXRlX2ZvcmNlX2JlX3dpdGhfeW91fQ=='
base64.b64decode(s)


b'FLAG{may_the_brute_force_be_with_you}'

Gedanke

import base64 s=b'RkxBR3ttYXlfdGhlX2JydXRlX2ZvcmNlX2JlX3dpdGhfeW91fQ==' base64.b64decode(s)

b'FLAG{may_the_brute_force_be_with_you}'

Thought for 2m 35s

Antwort

The flag is:

FLAG{may_the_brute_force_be_with_you}

I found it by extracting appended data hidden after the JPEG end marker, recovering an embedded ZIP, brute-forcing the passworded inner flag.zip using the hint pattern ctflag*****, then decoding the Base64 in flag.txt.

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