SOFAR - Vault 500 pts anhdh vừa rồi đã đạt top 7 ...

创建于：2026年8月22日

问题

SOFAR - Vault.zip

SOFAR - Vault
500 pts

anhdh vừa rồi đã đạt top 7 trên BXH Việt Nam về tựa game Fantasy World Cup của SOFA Score. Quá bực tức vì không thể giành được top 1 nên anh ấy đã vứt điện thoại. Tuy nhiên trong điện thoại anh ấy vẫn còn dữ liệu quan trọng, bạn có thể tìm chiếc điện thoại đó và khôi phục dữ liệu giúp anh ấy không, giờ chắc là nó ở đâu đó ngoài biển?

File ZIP chứa 8 graph ứng với đúng 8 vòng của World Cup 2026:

R1 → R2 → R3 → R32 → R16 → QF → SF → F

Điều này khớp với cấu trúc Fantasy World Cup 2026 của Sofascore: 3 vòng bảng, Round of 32 rồi các vòng knock-out. (SofaScore)

Các graph phải được dùng để duyệt các vị trí cầu thủ trong 8 screenshot, tạo thành 8 fragment, sau đó script.py XOR từng cột:

python

g = "0123456789bcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz"

"".join(
g[ord(c1)&31 ^ ord(c2)&31 ^ ... ^ ord(c8)&31]
)
Kết quả là một geohash dài 10 ký tự. Chi tiết quan trọng là graph F chỉ chứa 10 node hữu dụng, trong khi các graph còn lại có 11, và zip(*t) tự cắt về fragment ngắn nhất → output 10 ký tự. Đây gần như chắc chắn là chủ ý.

Mình cũng xác định cipher của Maybe sth in here.bin:

reverse toàn ciphertext;
seed = SHA256(b"zip-twist-v1|" + passphrase);
sinh SHA-256 block keystream;
rotate ngược rồi XOR;
rotation rất có khả năng là 7, lấy từ clue “top 7”.
Một số cách đọc fragment từ initials cho ra geohash ở Arafura Sea, ví dụ vùng khoảng 10.8°S, 137.9°E, nên clue “ngoài biển” thực sự liên quan đến geohash. Tuy nhiên có nhiều permutation cũng rơi xuống biển nên chưa đủ để chọn key duy nhất.

Đặc biệt 8 screenshot có filename:

i s w g n r o }

và có thể sắp thành:

iswrong}

Đây gần như chắc chắn là một hint nằm trong challenge, nhưng chưa đủ để kết luận phần đầu flag là gì.

Mình đã brute các cách trích xuất phổ biến gồm surname initial/last letter, country initial, fantasy score, score mod 32, đảo đường đi, mirror đội hình, mọi permutation giữa các screenshot có cùng formation và 35 topological orders của graph SF. Chưa có candidate giải mã ra PNG/ZIP hợp lệ.

Một phát hiện mới giúp giải tiếp là kết quả World Cup 2026 thực sự xác định được các vòng cuối: Spain–Belgium ở QF, France–Spain ở SF và Spain–Argentina ở Final. (FBref) Vì vậy hướng đúng tiếp theo là map screenshot → round bằng điểm fantasy thực tế, thay vì map bằng formation.
flag format: PTITCTF{this_is_a_flag}
tiếp tục giải challenge

思考

bash -lc rm -rf /mnt/data/sofar_work && mkdir -p /mnt/data/sofar_work && unzip -l '/mnt/data/SOFAR - Vault.zip' && unzip -q '/mnt/data/SOFAR - Vault.zip' -d /mnt/data/sofar_work && find /mnt/data/sofar_work -maxdepth 3 -type f -printf '%P %s bytes ' | sort

bash -lc cd '/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault' && printf '%s\n' '--- format.txt ---' && cat format.txt && printf '\n%s\n' '--- script.py ---' && cat script.py && printf '\n%s\n' '--- file types ---' && file * && printf '\n%s\n' '--- bin head/tail ---' && xxd -l 96 'Maybe sth in here.bin' && echo '...' && tail -c 96 'Maybe sth in here.bin' | xxd

Inspected CTF archive contents, scripts, formats, and image dimensions

bash -lc cd '/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault' && python3 - <<'PY' from PIL import Image, ImageOps, ImageDraw from pathlib import Path names=['i.png','s.png','w.png','g.png','n.png','r.png','o.png','}.png'] ims=[] for name in names: im=Image.open(name).convert('RGB') im.thumbnail((490,430)) canvas=Image.new('RGB',(520,480),'white') x=(520-im.width)//2; y=30+(430-im.height)//2 canvas.paste(im,(x,y)) d=ImageDraw.Draw(canvas) d.text((10,8),name,fill='black') ims.append(canvas) out=Image.new('RGB',(1040,1920),'white') for idx,im in enumerate(ims): out.paste(im,((idx%2)*520,(idx//2)*480)) out.save('/mnt/data/sofar_work/screenshots_sheet.jpg',quality=90)

names2=['R1.png','R2.png','R3.png','R32.png','R16.png','QF.png','SF.png','F.png'] ims=[] for name in names2: im=Image.open(name).convert('RGB') im.thumbnail((360,520)) canvas=Image.new('RGB',(390,570),'white') x=(390-im.width)//2; y=30+(520-im.height)//2 canvas.paste(im,(x,y)) d=ImageDraw.Draw(canvas) d.text((10,8),name,fill='black') ims.append(canvas) out=Image.new('RGB',(780,2280),'white') for idx,im in enumerate(ims): out.paste(im,((idx%2)*390,(idx//2)*570)) out.save('/mnt/data/sofar_work/graphs_sheet.jpg',quality=90) PY ls -lh /mnt/data/sofar_work/*sheet.jpg

Inspecting the puzzle

I’m examining each screenshot and mapping the player positions to graph nodes. The likely goal is to follow directed edges, determine the traversal order, and assemble eight fragments into the final result.

Inspected the puzzle

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' import cv2, numpy as np img=cv2.imread('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/SF.png') hsv=cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)

red mask hue around 0

m1=cv2.inRange(hsv,np.array([0,120,120]),np.array([10,255,255])) m2=cv2.inRange(hsv,np.array([170,120,120]),np.array([179,255,255])) mask=m1|m2

remove circles? use hough lines probabilistic

lines=cv2.HoughLinesP(mask,1,np.pi/180,threshold=60,minLineLength=80,maxLineGap=15) res=[] for l in lines[:,0]: x1,y1,x2,y2=map(int,l); L=((x2-x1)**2+(y2-y1)**2)**0.5 res.append((round(L,1),x1,y1,x2,y2)) for r in sorted(res, reverse=True)[:60]: print(r) cv2.imwrite('/mnt/data/sofar_work/sf_redmask.png',mask) PY

Refining traversal logic

I’m reconsidering whether “traverse” means topological sorting or a standard graph walk such as BFS or DFS. The arrows may define branching relationships, so I’m checking for a specified start node and a uniquely implied order.

Refined traversal logic

bash -lc cd '/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault' && echo 'ZIP comments:' && unzip -z '/mnt/data/SOFAR - Vault.zip' || true && echo 'PNG textual chunks / strings:' && for f in *.png; do echo "--- $f"; strings "$ f" | grep -Eai 'comment|text|author|graph|round|flag|frag|dfs|bfs|topo|wrong|zip|twist|sofa' | head -20; done && echo 'BIN strings:' && strings -n 6 'Maybe sth in here.bin' | head -50

Analyzed image contact sheets, detected red lines, and inspected metadata

Mapping player positions

I’m matching graph nodes to the lineup’s spatial positions, while allowing for formation differences such as wingbacks or central midfielders. The key is likely geometric correspondence rather than fixed position labels alone.

Aligning lineup slots

I’m treating each graph as an abstract set of eleven field locations, then matching those locations geometrically to the players in each screenshot. This avoids assuming every lineup uses the same formation.

Identifying round clues

I’m exploring whether the visible player scores can identify each round through match results, roster changes, and national-team progress. Exact score patterns may reveal the screenshot sequence more reliably than formation alone.

Mapping tournament rounds

I’m using player scores and team appearances to identify rounds. The lineup containing finalists plus third-place participants likely represents the final stage, which gives me a strong anchor for ordering the remaining screenshots.

Mapped player positions, aligned lineup slots, and identified round clues

open|turn741728search0 find|turn741728search0|Round of 32 results length|long

Confirming round matches

I’m identifying screenshots by the teams represented. One lineup includes players from several nations that plausibly reached the round of sixteen, making that stage assignment more convincing.

Confirmed round matches

fast|"World Cup 2026" "Round of 32" Germany Netherlands results FIFA July 2026 fast|"2026 World Cup" "Round of 32" Germany Netherlands Belgium Switzerland Norway Mexico fast|"2026 World Cup" "Round of 32 results" "Germany" "Netherlands" length|medium

Distinguishing early rounds

I’m separating the remaining screenshots by tournament progression. Germany and the Netherlands appear useful because their players may distinguish a round-of-thirty-two lineup from the group-stage snapshots.

Ordering remaining rounds

I’m narrowing the mapping by pairing screenshots with similar formations and team progressions: two group rounds, then the round of thirty-two, round of sixteen, quarterfinal, semifinal, and final.

Distinguished early rounds

fast|France 2026 World Cup group stage results Mbappe goals June 2026 fast|Spain 2026 World Cup group stage results Unai Simon Cubarsi Cucurella June 2026 fast|Germany 2026 World Cup group stage results Kimmich Wirtz Nmecha June 2026 fast|England 2026 World Cup group stage results Bellingham June 2026 length|long

Comparing group rounds

I’m comparing the two group-stage lineups using total and player scores. A notably higher score for one star may indicate the opening round, while roster changes and match performances should separate the first and second rounds.

Compared group rounds

fast|France second group match World Cup 2026 June 22 2026 Mbappe score matchday 2 fast|France group I 2026 World Cup fixtures June 2026 Senegal Iraq Norway length|medium

Finalizing round assignments

I’m distinguishing the paired screenshots through score patterns. The unusually high star score strongly suggests the opening round, while the remaining pair can be separated by roster timing and tournament progression.

Finalized round assignments****Searched 3 websites

bash -lc cp '/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/}.png' /mnt/data/sofar_work/brace.png && cp '/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/w.png' /mnt/data/sofar_work/w_safe.png

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' from PIL import Image im=Image.open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/SF.png')

crops: upper, middle, lower

for name,box in [('upper',(120,120,780,340)),('mid',(80,380,780,730)),('lower',(120,800,760,1180))]: im.crop(box).resize(((box[2]-box[0])*2,(box[3]-box[1])*2)).save(f'/mnt/data/sofar_work/sf_{name}.png') PY

Analyzed football formation diagram images after copying PNGs safely

bash -lc cat > /mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py <<'PY' import hashlib,itertools,unicodedata,struct from pathlib import Path G='0123456789bcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz'

player tuple: displayed surname, score, country label/code

rounds={ 'R1':{ 'GK':('Simon',8,'Spain'),'LB':('Hendry',5,'Scotland'),'CBL':('Kimmich',7,'Germany'),'CBR':('Cubarsi',10,'Spain'),'RB':('Cucurella',9,'Spain'), 'LM':('Bellingham',1,'England'),'CML':('Guler',7,'Turkey'),'CMR':('Wirtz',5,'Germany'),'RM':('Olise',13,'France'),'STL':('Embolo',7,'Switzerland'),'STR':('Mbappe',45,'France')}, 'R2':{ 'GK':('Simon',8,'Spain'),'LB':('Molina',1,'Argentina'),'CBL':('Mendes',3,'Portugal'),'CBR':('Cubarsi',9,'Spain'),'RB':('Cucurella',9,'Spain'), 'LM':('Bellingham',10,'England'),'CML':('Kante',0,'France'),'CMR':('Wirtz',8,'Germany'),'RM':('Olise',9,'France'),'STL':('Embolo',9,'Switzerland'),'STR':('Mbappe',24,'France')}, 'R3':{ 'GK':('Pickford',1,'England'),'CBL':('Kimmich',7,'Germany'),'CBM':('Cubarsi',11,'Spain'),'CBR':('Cucurella',18,'Spain'), 'LM':('Bellingham',8,'England'),'CML':('Nmecha',0,'Germany'),'CAM':('Summerville',5,'Netherlands'),'CMR':('Wirtz',10,'Germany'),'RM':('Olise',13,'France'),'STL':('Embolo',7,'Switzerland'),'STR':('Mbappe',18,'France')}, 'R32':{ 'GK':('Pickford',9,'England'),'CBL':('Kimmich',6,'Germany'),'CBM':('Cubarsi',10,'Spain'),'CBR':('Cucurella',6,'Spain'), 'LM':('Bellingham',40,'England'),'CML':('Nmecha',1,'Germany'),'CAM':('Summerville',1,'Netherlands'),'CMR':('Wirtz',9,'Germany'),'RM':('Olise',2,'France'),'STL':('Embolo',8,'Switzerland'),'STR':('Mbappe',12,'France')}, 'R16':{ 'GK':('Simon',10,'Spain'),'LWB':('Veiga',4,'Portugal'),'CBL':('Hakimi',11,'Morocco'),'CBM':('Cubarsi',7,'Spain'),'CBR':('Molina',3,'Argentina'),'RWB':('Cucurella',6,'Spain'), 'CML':('Bellingham',16,'England'),'CMC':('Alvarado',7,'Mexico'),'CMR':('Olise',3,'France'),'STL':('Embolo',1,'Switzerland'),'STR':('Mbappe',14,'France')}, 'QF':{ 'GK':('Simon',2,'Spain'),'CBL':('Laporte',2,'Spain'),'CBM':('Cubarsi',6,'Spain'),'CBR':('Cucurella',1,'Spain'), 'LM':('Bellingham',17,'England'),'CML':('Paredes',6,'Argentina'),'CMR':('Dembele',13,'France'),'RM':('Olise',5,'France'),'LW':('Schjelderup',9,'Norway'),'ST':('Embolo',-1,'Switzerland'),'RW':('Mbappe',24,'France')}, 'SF':{ 'GK':('Pickford',1,'England'),'LWB':('Laporte',8,'Spain'),'CBL':('Molina',1,'Argentina'),'CBM':('Spence',4,'England'),'CBR':('Cubarsi',8,'Spain'),'RWB':('Cucurella',8,'Spain'), 'LW':('Bellingham',3,'England'),'CML':('Paredes',6,'Argentina'),'CMR':('Dembele',2,'France'),'RW':('Olise',4,'France'),'ST':('Messi',12,'Argentina')}, 'F':{ 'GK':('Simon',9,'Spain'),'LB':('Laporte',8,'Spain'),'CBL':('Molina',3,'Argentina'),'CBR':('Cubarsi',12,'Spain'),'RB':('Cucurella',8,'Spain'), 'LM':('Bellingham',10,'England'),'CML':('Paredes',1,'Argentina'),'CMR':('Dembele',9,'France'),'RM':('Olise',9,'France'),'STL':('Messi',12,'Argentina'),'STR':('Mbappe',15,'France')}, } paths={ 'R1':['CMR','RB','CBR','GK','CML','CBL','LB','STR','LM','RM','STL'], 'R2':['RM','RB','CML','STR','CMR','CBR','GK','LB','CBL','LM','STL'], 'R3':['CMR','CAM','LM','CBL','CBR','STR','GK','CML','CBM','STL','RM'], 'R32':['CMR','GK','CAM','STR','CBR','RM','CML','CBM','LM','CBL','STL'], 'R16':['STR','CBL','CML','RWB','LWB','CMC','CBM','GK','CBR','STL','CMR'], 'QF':['ST','CBL','CBR','GK','LM','CBM','CMR','RW','CML','RM','LW'], 'F':['CMR','CBR','LB','RB','LM','CML','RM','CBL','STR','STL'], }

SF prefix then interleave A and B preserving order

prefix=['CBR','GK','CML','RW'] A=['LW','CBM','CMR'] B=['CBL','LWB','RWB','ST']

def interleavings(a,b): if not a: yield list(b); return if not b: yield list(a); return for z in interleavings(a[1:],b): yield [a[0]]+z for z in interleavings(a,b[1:]): yield [b[0]]+z sf_orders=[prefix+x for x in interleavings(A,B)] assert len(sf_orders)==35

def ascii_norm(s): return ''.join(c for c in unicodedata.normalize('NFKD',s) if ord(c)<128 and c.isalnum())

def ext(kind,p): name,score,country=p n=ascii_norm(name) c=ascii_norm(country) if kind=='name_first': return n[0] if kind=='name_last': return n[-1] if kind=='country_first': return c[0] if kind=='country_last': return c[-1] if kind=='score': return chr(score & 0xff) if kind=='name_len': return chr(len(n)) if kind=='country_len': return chr(len(c)) raise ValueError(kind)

def geohash_for(kind,sforder, reverse_each=False): frags=[] for rnd in ['R1','R2','R3','R32','R16','QF','SF','F']: order=sforder if rnd=='SF' else paths[rnd] frag=''.join(ext(kind,rounds[rnd][node]) for node in order) if reverse_each: frag=frag[::-1] frags.append(frag) out=''.join(G[(import('functools').reduce(lambda a,b:a^b,(ord(c)&31 for c in col),0))] for col in zip(*frags)) return out,frags

def ror8(x,r): r%=8 return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x

def decrypt(ct,passphrase,rot): data=ct[::-1] seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+passphrase.encode('ascii')).digest() out=bytearray(len(data)) for bi,off in enumerate(range(0,len(data),32)): ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',bi)).digest() for j,b in enumerate(data[off:off+32]): out[off+j]=ror8(b,rot)^ks[j] return bytes(out)

def magic_score(pt): sigs=[b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'PK\x03\x04',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'GIF8',b'PTITCTF{',b'RIFF'] for i,s in enumerate(sigs): if pt.startswith(s): return 100-i,s # gzip, 7z if pt.startswith(b'\x1f\x8b'): return 90,b'gzip' if pt.startswith(b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c'): return 90,b'7z' printable=sum(32<=b<127 or b in (9,10,13) for b in pt[:256]) return printable/256,None

ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes() for kind in ['name_first','name_last','country_first','country_last','score','name_len','country_len']: seen=[] for rev in [False,True]: for idx,o in enumerate(sf_orders): gh,fr=geohash_for(kind,o,rev) # test passphrases derived from gh passes=[gh,gh.upper(),f'PTITCTF{{{gh}}}', 'top7', '7', 'anhdh', 'iswrong', 'iswrong}', gh+'7', '7'+gh] for p in passes: try: p.encode('ascii') except: continue for rot in range(8): pt=decrypt(ct,p,rot) sc,mg=magic_score(pt) if sc>=80: print('HIT',kind,'rev',rev,'sfidx',idx,'rot',rot,'gh',gh,'pass',p,'magic',mg,'head',pt[:32]) Path(f'/mnt/data/sofar_work/hit_{kind}{rev}{idx}_{rot}.bin').write_bytes(pt) seen.append(gh) print(kind,'sample',seen[:5],'unique',len(set(seen))) PY python3 /mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' p='/mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py' s=open(p).read() start=s.index('def decrypt(ct,passphrase,rot):') end=s.index('\ndef magic_score',start) new='''def decrypt_head(ct,passphrase,rot,n=64):\n data=ct[::-1][:n]\n seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+passphrase.encode('ascii')).digest()\n out=bytearray(len(data))\n for bi,off in enumerate(range(0,len(data),32)):\n ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',bi)).digest()\n for j,b in enumerate(data[off:off+32]):\n out[off+j]=ror8(b,rot)^ks[j]\n return bytes(out)\n\ndef decrypt(ct,passphrase,rot):\n data=ct[::-1]\n seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+passphrase.encode('ascii')).digest()\n out=bytearray(len(data))\n for bi,off in enumerate(range(0,len(data),32)):\n ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',bi)).digest()\n for j,b in enumerate(data[off:off+32]):\n out[off+j]=ror8(b,rot)^ks[j]\n return bytes(out)\n''' s=s[:start]+new+s[end:] s=s.replace('pt=decrypt(ct,p,rot)\n sc,mg=magic_score(pt)','pt=decrypt_head(ct,p,rot)\n sc,mg=magic_score(pt)') s=s.replace("Path(f'/mnt/data/sofar_work/hit_{kind}{rev}{idx}{rot}.bin').write_bytes(pt)","full=decrypt(ct,p,rot); Path(f'/mnt/data/sofar_work/hit{kind}{rev}{idx}_{rot}.bin').write_bytes(full)") open(p,'w').write(s) PY python3 /mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' import importlib.util print('geohash module',importlib.util.find_spec('geohash')) print('pygeohash',importlib.util.find_spec('pygeohash')) PY

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' ns={} s=open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py').read().split("ct=Path")[0] exec(s,ns) G=ns['G']; sf_orders=ns['sf_orders']; gf=ns['geohash_for']

def decode(h): lat=[-90.0,90.0]; lon=[-180.0,180.0]; even=True for ch in h: v=G.index(ch) for bit in [16,8,4,2,1]: if even: mid=(lon[0]+lon[1])/2 if v&bit: lon[0]=mid else: lon[1]=mid else: mid=(lat[0]+lat[1])/2 if v&bit: lat[0]=mid else: lat[1]=mid even=not even return (sum(lat)/2,sum(lon)/2,lat[1]-lat[0],lon[1]-lon[0]) for idx,o in enumerate(sf_orders): gh,fr=gf('name_first',o,False) lat,lon,dh,dw=decode(gh) print(f'{idx:2d} {gh} {lat:.7f},{lon:.7f} SF={o}') PY

Solved football placement puzzle and decoded candidate names into geolocations

Cracking the archive clue

I’m using the file’s naming pattern and expected archive signature to infer that the decrypted data should begin like a ZIP file. That gives me a concrete way to test candidate passphrases and transformations.

Testing passphrase clues

I’m considering whether the geohash itself, a coordinate format, or a decoded location supplies the passphrase. The filename may also hint that an earlier assumption is incorrect, so I’m testing alternatives against the expected archive signature.

Cracked archive clue and tested passphrase hints****Searched 16 websites

bash -lc cat > /mnt/data/sofar_work/pass_brute.py <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,unicodedata,itertools,re from pathlib import Path

load defs only

ns={}; src=open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py').read().split("ct=Path")[0]; exec(src,ns) G=ns['G']; sf_orders=ns['sf_orders']; gf=ns['geohash_for'] ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes()

def decode(h): lat=[-90.0,90.0]; lon=[-180.0,180.0]; even=True for ch in h: v=G.index(ch) for bit in [16,8,4,2,1]: ar=lon if even else lat; mid=(ar[0]+ar[1])/2 if v&bit: ar[0]=mid else: ar[1]=mid even=not even return (sum(lat)/2,sum(lon)/2)

def ror8(x,r): return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x

def head(passphrase,rot,n=16): try: pb=passphrase.encode('ascii') except: return b'' data=ct[::-1][:n]; seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+pb).digest(); ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',0)).digest() return bytes(ror8(b,rot)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(data))

def ismagic(x): sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'PK\x05\x06',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'GIF8',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'\x1f\x8b',b'PTITCTF{'] return next((s for s in sigs if x.startswith(s)),None)

basewords=['Arafura Sea','ArafuraSea','arafura sea','arafura_sea','arafurasea','Arafura','arafura','Gulf of Carpentaria','gulfofcarpentaria','gulf_of_carpentaria','SOFAR','sofar','SOFAR - Vault','SOFAR-Vault','sofar-vault','sofar_vault','Vault','vault','SofaScore','sofascore','Fantasy World Cup','fantasyworldcup','anhdh','top7','Top7','top 7','7','iswrong}','iswrong','is_wrong','is wrong','wrong','PTITCTF','ptitctf'] passes=set(basewords) for idx,o in enumerate(sf_orders): gh,=gf('name_first',o,False); lat,lon=decode(gh) vals=[] for d in range(3,9): la=f'{lat:.{d}f}'; lo=f'{lon:.{d}f}' vals += [f'{la},{lo}',f'{la}, {lo}',f'{la} {lo}',f'({la},{lo})',f'{la}{lo}',f'{la}{lo}',f'{abs(float(la)):.{d}f}S,{lo}E',f'{abs(float(la)):.{d}f}S {lo}E'] vals += [gh,gh.upper(),f'geohash:{gh}',f'geohash={gh}',f'{gh}\n',f'{gh}7',f'7{gh}',f'{gh}:7',f'{gh}|7'] passes.update(vals) print('testing',len(passes),'passphrases') for p in passes: for rot in range(8): h=head(p,rot) mg=ismagic(h) if mg: print('HIT',repr(p),'rot',rot,'magic',mg,'head',h) PY python3 /mnt/data/sofar_work/pass_brute.py

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' n=180672 for d in [8,16,32,64,512,1024]: print(d,n%d,n/d) PY

Brute-forced coordinate passphrases and calculated ciphertext divisibility

open|https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?format=jsonv2&lat=-10.7285383&lon=137.8598088 open|https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?format=jsonv2&lat=-10.8892778&lon=137.9352540 length|short

Considering filename clues

I’m checking whether the screenshot filenames provide extraction instructions rather than only identifying files. Their letters might select characters or contribute directly to each fragment, so I’m comparing that possibility with the traversal-derived output.

Evaluating extraction methods

I’m comparing several ways the graph traversal could produce characters: player initials, score-based indexing, shirt numbers, or filename hints. The challenge likely has multiple stages, so I’m avoiding commitment until one method fits consistently.

Evaluated filename clues and extraction methods

fast|"10.73°S" "137.86°E" fast|"10.8 S" "137.9 E" Arafura Sea fast|coordinates -10.73 137.86 island sea Australia length|medium

Searching 9 websites

def ror(x,r): return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'PK\x05\x06',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'GIF8',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'\x1f\x8b',b'PTITCTF{'] for idx,o in enumerate(sf_orders): gh,_=gf('name_first',o,False) for p in [gh,gh.upper()]: seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+p.encode()).digest() for start in [0,1,2,7]: ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',start)).digest() data=ct[::-1][:16] for rot in range(8): h=bytes(ror(b,rot)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(data)) for sig in sigs: if h.startswith(sig): print('HIT',idx,gh,p,start,rot,sig,h) print('done') PY

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,string from pathlib import Path ns={}; exec(open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py').read().split("ct=Path")[0],ns) ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes(); gf=ns['geohash_for']; sf_orders=ns['sf_orders']

def ror(x,r): return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x rank=[] for idx,o in enumerate(sf_orders): gh,_=gf('name_first',o,False) for p in [gh,gh.upper()]: seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+p.encode()).digest() for start in [0,1]: ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',start)).digest(); data=ct[::-1][:32] for rot in range(8): h=bytes(ror(b,rot)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(data)) score=sum(chr(x) in string.printable for x in h) rank.append((score,idx,gh,p,start,rot,h)) for x in sorted(rank,reverse=True)[:20]: print(x[:6],repr(x[6])) PY

Tested geohash cipher variants and ranked printable plaintext candidates

Testing archive candidates

I’m checking whether the encrypted archive’s reversed structure exposes a recognizable ZIP header. If standard location-based passphrases fail, I’ll compare alternate geohash readings and extraction variations rather than assuming the first interpretation is correct.

Reconsidering the key

I’m testing whether the recovered geohash is only a location clue rather than the archive password. The remaining uncertainty involves traversal order, rotation, and the possibility that a landmark or nearby detail supplies the final key.

Tested archive candidates and reconsidered the key****Searched 1 website

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,itertools from pathlib import Path ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes() words=['Arafura Sea','ArafuraSea','arafura sea','arafura_sea','arafurasea','Arafura','arafura','Arafura sea','ARAFURA SEA','ARAFURASEA','bien Arafura','Bien Arafura','biển Arafura','Arafura_Sea','Arafura-Sea','the Arafura Sea','The Arafura Sea','Gulf of Carpentaria','Carpentaria'] sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'PTITCTF{'] def ror(x,r): return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x for p in words: try: pb=p.encode('ascii') except: continue seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+pb).digest() for ctr in [0,1,7]: ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',ctr)).digest() for rot in range(8): h=bytes(ror(b,rot)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(ct[::-1][:16])) if any(h.startswith(s) for s in sigs): print('HIT',p,ctr,rot,h) print('done') PY

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' from pathlib import Path import struct for fn in Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault').glob('*.png'): data=fn.read_bytes(); off=8; chunks=[] while off+12<=len(data): L=struct.unpack('>I',data[off:off+4])[0]; typ=data[off+4:off+8].decode('latin1'); payload=data[off+8:off+8+L]; if typ in ('tEXt','iTXt','zTXt'): chunks.append((typ,payload[:300])) off += 12+L if typ=='IEND': break if chunks: print(fn.name,chunks) PY

def rotinv(x,r,dir='ror'): if not r:return x if dir=='ror': return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 return ((x<<r)&255)|(x>>(8-r)) words=['Australia','australia','AUSTRALIA','Indonesia','indonesia','INDONESIA','Papua New Guinea','papuanewguinea','PNG','Timor Sea','timorsea','Arafura Sea','arafurasea','Arafura','Gulf of Carpentaria','Carpentaria','Northern Territory','northernterritory','Northern Australia','northernaustralia','Sahul Shelf','sahulshelf','Sahul','Arafura Shelf','arafurashelf','Arafura and Timor Seas','Arafura_Timor_Sea','sea','ocean','phone','vault','sofar','sofascore','worldcup2026','worldcup','fantasy','fantasyworldcup','anhdh','top7','rank7','7th']

combinations separators

base=list(words) for a,b in [('sofar','vault'),('sofascore','fantasy'),('fantasy','worldcup'),('worldcup','2026'),('top','7'),('Arafura','Sea'),('PTITCTF','Arafura')]: for sep in ['', '-', '_', ' ', '|', ':']: base.append(a+sep+b) for p in set(base): try: pb=p.encode('ascii') except: continue seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+pb).digest() for ctr0 in [0,1]: ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',ctr0)).digest() for r in range(8): for d in ['ror','rol']: h=bytes(rotinv(b,r,d)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(ct[::-1][:16])) if any(h.startswith(s) for s in sigs): print('HIT',repr(p),ctr0,r,d,h) print('done') PY

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,itertools from pathlib import Path ns={}; exec(open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py').read().split("ct=Path")[0],ns) ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes(); sf_orders=ns['sf_orders']; gf=ns['geohash_for'] sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'PK\x05\x06',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'GIF8',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'\x1f\x8b',b'PTITCTF{'] def ror(x,r): return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x for idx,o in enumerate(sf_orders): gh,_=gf('name_first',o,False) vars=set([gh,gh[::-1],gh.upper(),gh[::-1].upper(), 'PTITCTF{'+gh+'}','ptitctf{'+gh+'}',gh+'}', '{'+gh+'}', 'geohash'+gh,'geohash:'+gh,'geohash='+gh,'location:'+gh,'loc:'+gh, gh+'iswrong}',gh+'iswrong',gh+'_iswrong', 'iswrong'+gh,'iswrong}'+gh, gh+'7','7'+gh,gh+'7','7'+gh, gh+'top7','top7'+gh]) for p in vars: seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+p.encode()).digest() for ctr in [0,1]: ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',ctr)).digest(); data=ct[::-1][:16] for r in range(8): h=bytes(ror(b,r)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(data)) if any(h.startswith(s) for s in sigs): print('HIT',idx,gh,repr(p),ctr,r,h) print('done') PY

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,gzip,zlib from pathlib import Path ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes() for name,p,ctr,r in [('a','ptitctf{rn444p1ex0}',0,1),('b','loc:rn44cngex0',1,5)]: seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+p.encode()).digest(); data=ct[::-1]; out=bytearray(len(data)) def ror(x,r): return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x for bi,off in enumerate(range(0,len(data),32)): ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',bi+ctr)).digest() for j,b in enumerate(data[off:off+32]): out[off+j]=ror(b,r)^ks[j] path=f'/mnt/data/sofar_work/{name}.bin'; Path(path).write_bytes(out) print(name,bytes(out[:16])) try: dec=gzip.decompress(out) print('gzip valid',len(dec),dec[:50]) except Exception as e: print('gzip invalid',e) PY file /mnt/data/sofar_work/a.bin /mnt/data/sofar_work/b.bin

bash -lc od -An -tx1c '/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/format.txt' | head -20 && echo '--- script raw ---' && od -An -tx1c '/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/script.py' | head -20

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,itertools,re from pathlib import Path ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes() sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'PK\x05\x06',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'GIF8',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'\x1f\x8b\x08',b'PTITCTF{',b'RIFF'] def ror(x,r): return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x roots=['order','theorder','yourorder','myorder','topo','toposort','topologicalsort','topological_order','dfs','bfs','traversal','graph','graphorder','permutation','mapping','formation','round','roundorder','screenshotorder','geohash','hash','initial','initials','surname','surnameinitial','player','players','score','scores','fantasyscore','rotation','rotate','key','passphrase','password','fragment','fragments','frag','something','sth','this','that','answer','flag','filename','filenames','name','names','phone','location','sea','ocean'] ends=['iswrong','is_wrong','is-wrong','is wrong','_iswrong','_is_wrong','iswrong}','_iswrong}','_is_wrong}','wrong','wrong}','waswrong','was_wrong','waswrong}','was_wrong}'] phrases=set() for r,e in itertools.product(roots,ends): for sep in ['', '','-',' ']: phrases.add(r+sep+e) for x in list(phrases): phrases.add('PTITCTF{'+x.strip('}')+'}') phrases.add('ptitctf{'+x.strip('}')+'}') phrases.update(['iswrong}','iswrong','is_wrong','is_wrong}','is wrong','somethingiswrong','something_is_wrong','something_iswrong}','something_is_wrong}','sth_is_wrong','sth_is_wrong}','this_is_wrong','this_is_wrong}','your_order_is_wrong','your_order_is_wrong}','topological_sort_is_wrong','topological_sort_is_wrong}','toposort_is_wrong','toposort_is_wrong}']) print('phrases',len(phrases)) data=ct[::-1][:16] for p in phrases: try: pb=p.encode('ascii') except: continue seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+pb).digest() for ctr in [0,1]: ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',ctr)).digest() for r in range(8): h=bytes(ror(b,r)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(data)) if any(h.startswith(s) for s in sigs): print('HIT',repr(p),ctr,r,h) print('done') PY

bash -lc ls -lh /mnt/data/sofar_work | head && test -f /mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py && echo yes

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,itertools from pathlib import Path ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes(); data=ct[::-1][:16] sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'PK\x05\x06',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'GIF8',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'\x1f\x8b\x08',b'PTITCTF{',b'RIFF'] def ror(x,r): return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x parts=['Sound Fixing and Ranging','Sound Fixing And Ranging','sound fixing and ranging','soundfixingandranging','sound_fixing_and_ranging','sound-fixing-and-ranging','SOFAR','sofar','SOFAR bomb','sofar bomb','sofar_bomb','SOFAR_BOMB','Sofar bomb','deep sound channel','deep_sound_channel','SOFAR channel','sofar channel','sofar_channel','sound channel','Sound Navigation and Ranging','sonar'] for p in parts: try: pb=p.encode('ascii') except: continue seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+pb).digest() for ctr in [0,1]: ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',ctr)).digest() for r in range(8): h=bytes(ror(b,r)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(data)) if any(h.startswith(s) for s in sigs): print('HIT',repr(p),ctr,r,h) print('done') PY

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' import hashlib,struct from pathlib import Path ns={}; exec(open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py').read().split("ct=Path")[0],ns) ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes(); data=ct[::-1][:4096]; sf_orders=ns['sf_orders']; gf=ns['geohash_for'] def ror(x,r): return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'GIF8',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'\x1f\x8b\x08',b'PTITCTF{',b'flag{',b'PTIT'] for idx,o in enumerate(sf_orders): gh,_=gf('name_first',o,False) for p in [gh,gh[::-1],gh.upper(),gh[::-1].upper()]: seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+p.encode()).digest() for ctr0 in [0,1]: out=bytearray() for bi,off in enumerate(range(0,len(data),32)): ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',bi+ctr0)).digest() out.extend(ror(b,7)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(data[off:off+32])) for sig in sigs: pos=bytes(out).find(sig) if pos>=0: print('FOUND',idx,gh,repr(p),ctr0,sig,pos,bytes(out[max(0,pos-16):pos+32])) print('done') PY

Tested geohash and SOFAR passphrases, image hashes, and decryption candidates

Testing extraction variants

I’m comparing surname-based and first-name-based character extraction, along with traversal and rotation choices. The goal is to find a geohash that both decodes cleanly and points to a meaningful final clue.Searched 9 websites

bash -lc find /mnt/data/sofar_work -maxdepth 3 -type f -printf '%p %s bytes\n' | sort | head -200 && echo '--- challenge files ---' && find '/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault' -maxdepth 2 -type f -printf '%f %s\n' | sort

bash -lc cd '/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault' && echo 'ZIP metadata:' && unzip -z '/mnt/data/SOFAR - Vault.zip' || true && echo '--- file types ---' && file * && echo '--- strings format/bin first/last ---' && xxd -l 64 'Maybe sth in here.bin' && tail -c 64 'Maybe sth in here.bin' | xxd && echo '--- PNG chunks ---' && for f in *.png; do printf '%-8s ' " $f"; python3 - "$ f" <<'PY' import struct,sys p=sys.argv[1] b=open(p,'rb').read(); o=8; chunks=[] while o+12<=len(b): n=struct.unpack('>I',b[o:o+4])[0]; t=b[o+4:o+8].decode('latin1'); chunks.append((t,n)); o+=12+n print(chunks) PY done

bash -lc cd '/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault' && echo '--- bin head ---' && od -An -tx1 -N64 'Maybe sth in here.bin' && echo '--- bin tail ---' && tail -c 64 'Maybe sth in here.bin' | od -An -tx1 && echo '--- PNG chunks ---' && for f in *.png; do printf '%-8s ' " $f"; python3 - "$ f" <<'PY' import struct,sys p=sys.argv[1] b=open(p,'rb').read(); o=8; chunks=[] while o+12<=len(b): n=struct.unpack('>I',b[o:o+4])[0]; t=b[o+4:o+8].decode('latin1'); chunks.append((t,n)); o+=12+n print(chunks) PY done

bash -lc sed -n '1,260p' /mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py && echo '--- brute ---' && sed -n '1,260p' /mnt/data/sofar_work/pass_brute.py

bash -lc cat '/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/format.txt'; echo; cat '/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/script.py'

Inspected challenge files, PNG structures, scripts, images, and vault extraction formats

fast|"10.8893 S 137.9353 E" Arafura Sea island fast|"10.7285 S 137.8598 E" Arafura Sea island fast|"137.9" "-10.8" island Arafura length|medium

Evaluating file format

I’m reconsidering whether the decrypted payload is actually a ZIP. Its size resembles the screenshots, so it may instead be an image or another binary artifact, making the expected-header test too narrow.

Evaluated file format

open|https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?format=jsonv2&lat=-10.8892778&lon=137.9352540&zoom=18 open|https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?format=jsonv2&lat=-10.7285383&lon=137.8598088&zoom=18 length|short

Searched 6 websites

bash -lc zipinfo -v '/mnt/data/SOFAR - Vault.zip' | sed -n '1,240p'

bash -lc zipinfo -l '/mnt/data/SOFAR - Vault.zip'

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' import zipfile,struct,datetime z=zipfile.ZipFile('/mnt/data/SOFAR - Vault.zip') for i in z.infolist(): if i.filename.endswith('.png') and i.filename.rsplit('/',1)[1] in ['i.png','s.png','w.png','g.png','n.png','r.png','o.png','}.png']: extra=i.extra; off=0; uts=None while off+4<=len(extra): typ,n=struct.unpack('<HH',extra[off:off+4]); dat=extra[off+4:off+4+n]; off+=4+n if typ==0x5455: flags=dat[0]; pos=1 if flags&1: uts=struct.unpack('<I',dat[pos:pos+4])[0] print(i.filename, i.date_time, uts, datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(uts,datetime.timezone.utc) if uts else None) PY

Inspected ZIP metadata and extracted exact modification timestamps

Searched 13 websites

bash -lc command -v binwalk || true; command -v zsteg || true; command -v exiftool || true; command -v steghide || true; command -v identify || true; command -v pngcheck || true; command -v strings || true

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' from PIL import Image from pathlib import Path import numpy as np root=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault') for p in sorted(root.glob('*.png')): a=np.array(Image.open(p).convert('RGBA')) print(p.name, a.shape, 'alpha unique', len(np.unique(a[:,:,3])), np.unique(a[:,:,3])[:10].tolist()) for c,name in enumerate('RGBA'): x=a[:,:,c] print(' ',name,'uniq',len(np.unique(x)),'lsb1',float(np.mean(x&1)),'lsb2',float(np.mean((x>>1)&1))) PY

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,itertools from pathlib import Path ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes()

def ror8(x,r): return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x

def dec_head(p,r,n=64,counter=0): d=ct[::-1][:n]; seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+p.encode('ascii')).digest(); out=bytearray() for bi,off in enumerate(range(0,n,32)): ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',bi+counter)).digest() out.extend(ror8(b,r)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(d[off:off+32])) return bytes(out) sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'PK\x05\x06',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'GIF8',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'\x1f\x8b',b'PTITCTF{',b'BM',b'RIFF'] base=['isngor}w','isngorw}','iswrong}','iswrong','is_wrong','is_wrong}','is wrong}','isngorw','insgowr}','insgor}w','}rwogsni','signor}w','signorw}','w}rongis','}wrongis','wrongis}','wrongis','iswrong}'] for p in base: for c in [0,1]: for r in range(8): h=dec_head(p,r,64,c) mg=next((s for s in sigs if h.startswith(s)),None) if mg or sum(32<=x<127 or x in (9,10,13) for x in h)/len(h)>.8: print(p,c,r,mg,h[:32])

brute all filename perms as password; 4032082 fine

chars='iswgnro}' for p_tuple in itertools.permutations(chars): p=''.join(p_tuple) for c in [0,1]:

precompute seed and ks each rot? dec first 12 only

seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+p.encode()).digest(); ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',c)).digest(); d=ct[::-1][:12] for r in range(8): h=bytes(ror8(b,r)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(d)) mg=next((s for s in sigs if h.startswith(s)),None) if mg: print('PERM HIT',p,c,r,mg,h); raise SystemExit print('no perm hits') PY

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,itertools,sys from pathlib import Path ns={}; exec(open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py').read().split("ct=Path")[0],ns) ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes(); gf=ns['geohash_for']; orders=ns['sf_orders']

def ror8(x,r): return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'GIF8',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'\x1f\x8b',b'PTITCTF{',b'RIFF'] def head(p,r,c=0,n=16): d=ct[::-1][:n]; seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+p.encode()).digest(); ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',c)).digest(); return bytes(ror8(b,r)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(d)) files='isngor}w' for idx,o in enumerate(orders): gh,=gf('name_first',o,False) bases=[gh,files,'iswrong}','iswrong'] variants=[] for a,b in itertools.permutations(bases,2): for sep in ['',':','|','','-',' ','/']: variants += [a+sep+b,b+sep+a] for p in set(variants): for c in [0,1]: for r in range(8): h=head(p,r,c) for s in sigs: if h.startswith(s): print('HIT',idx,gh,repr(p),c,r,s,h); sys.exit() print('no strong hits') PY

bash -lc cat > /mnt/data/sofar_work/brute_mapping.py <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,itertools,functools from pathlib import Path G='0123456789bcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz'

roster by screenshot; positions use formation slots matching all corresponding graph variants

S={ 'i': {'GK':'Simon','LB':'Hendry','CBL':'Kimmich','CBR':'Cubarsi','RB':'Cucurella','LM':'Bellingham','CML':'Guler','CMR':'Wirtz','RM':'Olise','STL':'Embolo','STR':'Mbappe'}, 's': {'GK':'Simon','LB':'Molina','CBL':'Mendes','CBR':'Cubarsi','RB':'Cucurella','LM':'Bellingham','CML':'Kante','CMR':'Wirtz','RM':'Olise','STL':'Embolo','STR':'Mbappe'}, 'w': {'GK':'Simon','LB':'Laporte','CBL':'Molina','CBR':'Cubarsi','RB':'Cucurella','LM':'Bellingham','CML':'Paredes','CMR':'Dembele','RM':'Olise','STL':'Messi','STR':'Mbappe'}, 'g': {'GK':'Pickford','CBL':'Kimmich','CBM':'Cubarsi','CBR':'Cucurella','LM':'Bellingham','CML':'Nmecha','CAM':'Summerville','CMR':'Wirtz','RM':'Olise','STL':'Embolo','STR':'Mbappe'}, 'n': {'GK':'Pickford','CBL':'Kimmich','CBM':'Cubarsi','CBR':'Cucurella','LM':'Bellingham','CML':'Nmecha','CAM':'Summerville','CMR':'Wirtz','RM':'Olise','STL':'Embolo','STR':'Mbappe'}, 'o': {'GK':'Simon','LWB':'Veiga','CBL':'Hakimi','CBM':'Cubarsi','CBR':'Molina','RWB':'Cucurella','CML':'Bellingham','CMC':'Alvarado','CMR':'Olise','STL':'Embolo','STR':'Mbappe'}, 'r': {'GK':'Simon','CBL':'Laporte','CBM':'Cubarsi','CBR':'Cucurella','LM':'Bellingham','CML':'Paredes','CMR':'Dembele','RM':'Olise','LW':'Schjelderup','ST':'Embolo','RW':'Mbappe'}, '}': {'GK':'Pickford','LWB':'Laporte','CBL':'Molina','CBM':'Spence','CBR':'Cubarsi','RWB':'Cucurella','LW':'Bellingham','CML':'Paredes','CMR':'Dembele','RW':'Olise','ST':'Messi'}, } paths={ 'R1':['CMR','RB','CBR','GK','CML','CBL','LB','STR','LM','RM','STL'], 'R2':['RM','RB','CML','STR','CMR','CBR','GK','LB','CBL','LM','STL'], 'R3':['CMR','CAM','LM','CBL','CBR','STR','GK','CML','CBM','STL','RM'], 'R32':['CMR','GK','CAM','STR','CBR','RM','CML','CBM','LM','CBL','STL'], 'R16':['STR','CBL','CML','RWB','LWB','CMC','CBM','GK','CBR','STL','CMR'], 'QF':['ST','CBL','CBR','GK','LM','CBM','CMR','RW','CML','RM','LW'], 'F':['CMR','CBR','LB','RB','LM','CML','RM','CBL','STR','STL'], } prefix=['CBR','GK','CML','RW']; A=['LW','CBM','CMR']; B=['CBL','LWB','RWB','ST'] def inter(a,b): if not a: yield list(b); return if not b: yield list(a); return for x in inter(a[1:],b): yield [a[0]]+x for x in inter(a,b[1:]): yield [b[0]]+x sf_orders=[prefix+x for x in inter(A,B)] ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes() def ror8(x,r): return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'GIF8',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'\x1f\x8b',b'PTITCTF{',b'RIFF'] def test(p): d=ct[::-1][:16] seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+p.encode()).digest() for counter in (0,1): ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',counter)).digest() for r in range(8): h=bytes(ror8(b,r)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(d)) for s in sigs: if h.startswith(s): return counter,r,s,h

def gh(frags): return ''.join(G[functools.reduce(lambda a,b:a^b,[ord(c)&31 for c in col],0)] for col in zip(*frags)) for p442 in itertools.permutations('isw'): for p352 in itertools.permutations('gn'): assign={'R1':p442[0],'R2':p442[1],'F':p442[2],'R3':p352[0],'R32':p352[1],'R16':'o','QF':'r','SF':'}'} for si,sfo in enumerate(sf_orders): fr=[] for rnd in ['R1','R2','R3','R32','R16','QF','SF','F']: order=sfo if rnd=='SF' else paths[rnd] roster=S[assign[rnd]] fr.append(''.join(roster[x][0] for x in order)) h=gh(fr) z=test(h) if z: print('HIT',assign,'sf',si,'gh',h,'result',z); raise SystemExit print('no hits') PY python3 /mnt/data/sofar_work/brute_mapping.py

Analyzed PNG steganography and tested filename, roster, and geohash passphrases

slow|"zip-twist-v1"||github.com slow|"SOFAR - Vault"||github.com slow|"Maybe sth in here.bin"||github.com slow|"Fantasy World Cup" "PTITCTF"||github.com length|short

Mapping tournament rounds

I’m identifying the screenshot-to-round mapping from formations, team participation, and fantasy scores. The likely sequence is fixed for knockout rounds, while paired group-stage images still need score-based disambiguation.

Mapped tournament rounds****Searched 1 website

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,itertools from pathlib import Path ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes() def ror(x,r): return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'GIF8',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'\x1f\x8b',b'PTITCTF{',b'RIFF'] phr=[] xs=['top7','top_7','top 7','7','rotation7','rotation_7','rot7','geohash','initial','initials','surname','surname_initial','surname_initials','order','toposort','topological_order','graph','dfs','bfs','round','mapping','formation','score','scores','filename','filenames','sea','arafura','arafura_sea','location','passphrase','key','rotation'] ys=['iswrong','is_wrong','is wrong','iswrong}','is_wrong}','is wrong}'] for x in xs: for y in ys: for sep in ['', '_','-',' ']: phr += [x+sep+y] for core in list(phr): phr += [f'PTITCTF{{{core.rstrip("}")}}}',f'ptitctf{{{core.rstrip("}")}}}'] seen=set() for p in phr: if p in seen: continue seen.add(p) try: pb=p.encode('ascii') except: continue seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+pb).digest(); d=ct[::-1][:16] for c in [0,1]: ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',c)).digest() for r in range(8): h=bytes(ror(b,r)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(d)) if any(h.startswith(s) for s in sigs): print('HIT',repr(p),c,r,h) print('tested',len(seen)) PY

bash -lc cat > /mnt/data/sofar_work/brute_extract.py <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,itertools,unicodedata,functools,sys,string from pathlib import Path ns={}; exec(open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py').read().split("ct=Path")[0],ns) G=ns['G']; rounds=ns['rounds']; paths=ns['paths']; sf_orders=ns['sf_orders'] ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes(); d=ct[::-1][:24] def norm(s): return ''.join(c for c in unicodedata.normalize('NFKD',s) if ord(c)<128 and c.isalpha()).lower() def ror(x,r): return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'PK\x05\x06',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'GIF87a',b'GIF89a',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'\x1f\x8b',b'PTITCTF{',b'RIFF'] def strong(h): return next((s for s in sigs if h.startswith(s)),None) def test(p): try: pb=p.encode('ascii') except: return seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+pb).digest() for counter in [0,1]: ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',counter)).digest() for r in range(8): h=bytes(ror(b,r)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(d)) s=strong(h) if s: return counter,r,s,h

def make_funcs(): fs=[]

fixed index and wrap index surname/country

for field in ['name','country']: for k in range(0,12): def f(p,field=field,k=k): s=norm(p[0] if field=='name' else p[2]); return s[k] if k<len(s) else None fs.append((f'{field}[{k}]',f)) def fr(p,field=field,k=k): s=norm(p[0] if field=='name' else p[2]); return s[-1-k] if k<len(s) else None fs.append((f'{field}[-{k+1}]',fr))

score-indexed variants

for off in [-2,-1,0,1,2]: for sign in [1,-1]: def f(p,field=field,off=off,sign=sign): s=norm(p[0] if field=='name' else p[2]); q=p[1]; return s[(sign*q+off)%len(s)] fs.append((f'{field}[(%s score %+d) mod len]'%('' if sign==1 else '-',off),f))

numeric->letter/base32 char families

for mod in [26,32]: for off in [-1,0,1]: def f(p,mod=mod,off=off): return chr(ord('a')+((p[1]+off)%mod)%26) fs.append((f'score_letter_mod{mod}_off{off}',f)) for off in [-1,0,1]: def f(p,off=off): return G[(p[1]+off)&31] fs.append((f'score_geohashchar_off{off}',f)) return fs fs=make_funcs(); print('functions',len(fs)) seen=0 for fname,f in fs: for rev in [False,True]: for si,sfo in enumerate(sf_orders): frags=[]; ok=True for rnd in ['R1','R2','R3','R32','R16','QF','SF','F']: order=sfo if rnd=='SF' else paths[rnd] chars=[] for node in order: c=f(rounds[rnd][node]) if not c or len(c)!=1: ok=False; break chars.append(c) if not ok: break z=''.join(chars); frags.append(z[::-1] if rev else z) if not ok: continue gh=''.join(G[functools.reduce(lambda a,b:a^b,(ord(c)&31 for c in col),0)] for col in zip(*frags)) seen+=1 for p in [gh,gh.upper(),f'geohash:{gh}',f'geohash={gh}',f'PTITCTF{{{gh}}}']: hit=test(p) if hit: print('HIT',fname,'rev',rev,'sf',si,'gh',gh,'pass',repr(p),'hit',hit);sys.exit() print('tested candidates',seen,'no hits') PY python3 /mnt/data/sofar_work/brute_extract.py

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' p='/mnt/data/sofar_work/brute_extract.py' s=open(p).read().replace("b'\x1f\x8b'","b'\x1f\x8b\x08'") open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/brute_extract_strict.py','w').write(s) PY python3 /mnt/data/sofar_work/brute_extract_strict.py

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,functools,sys from pathlib import Path ns={}; exec(open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py').read().split("ct=Path")[0],ns) G=ns['G']; rounds=ns['rounds']; paths=ns['paths']; sf_orders=ns['sf_orders']; ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes(); d=ct[::-1][:16] first={'Simon':'U','Hendry':'J','Kimmich':'J','Cubarsi':'P','Cucurella':'M','Bellingham':'J','Guler':'A','Wirtz':'F','Olise':'M','Embolo':'B','Mbappe':'K','Molina':'N','Mendes':'N','Kante':'N','Pickford':'J','Nmecha':'F','Summerville':'C','Veiga':'R','Hakimi':'A','Alvarado':'R','Laporte':'A','Paredes':'L','Dembele':'O','Schjelderup':'A','Spence':'D','Messi':'L'} def ror(x,r): return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'GIF8',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'\x1f\x8b\x08',b'PTITCTF{',b'RIFF'] def tst(p): for pp in [p,p.upper(),f'PTITCTF{{{p}}}',f'geohash:{p}']: seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+pp.encode()).digest() for ci in [0,1]: ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',ci)).digest() for r in range(8): h=bytes(ror(b,r)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(d)) if any(h.startswith(s) for s in sigs): return pp,ci,r,h for rev in [0,1]: for si,sfo in enumerate(sf_orders): fr=[] for rnd in ['R1','R2','R3','R32','R16','QF','SF','F']: order=sfo if rnd=='SF' else paths[rnd]; z=''.join(first[rounds[rnd][node][0]] for node in order); fr.append(z[::-1] if rev else z) gh=''.join(G[functools.reduce(lambda a,b:a^b,[ord(c)&31 for c in col],0)] for col in zip(*fr)) hit=tst(gh) if hit: print('hit',rev,si,gh,hit) if si in [0,34] and not rev: print(si,gh,fr) PY

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' ns={}; exec(open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py').read().split("ct=Path")[0],ns) for idx in [0,6,26,34]: gh,fr=ns'geohash_for' print(idx,gh) for r,f in zip(['R1','R2','R3','R32','R16','QF','SF','F'],fr): print(r,f) print() PY

Tested passphrases, extraction methods, decryption candidates, and geohashes

open|turn891220search2 length|medium

fast|site:anhdh.net anhdh fast|site:anhdh.net fantasy sofascore length|medium

Analyzing the puzzle

I’m mapping the screenshots to tournament rounds, testing graph traversal assumptions, and examining how the extracted fragments might form a location or decryption key. The remaining uncertainty is the intended extraction rule and passphrase.

Analyzed the puzzle

Searched 8 websites

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' from functools import reduce for s in ['iswgnro}','isngor}w','iswrong}']: print(s,[ord(c)&31 for c in s],reduce(lambda a,b:a^b,[ord(c)&31 for c in s],0)) PY

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' G='0123456789bcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz' for gh in ['rn444c9mk7','rn44cnfmwr','rn44cngex0']: print(gh,''.join(G[G.index(c)^4] for c in gh)) PY

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' from functools import reduce G='0123456789bcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz' benches={'i':'AMSK','s':'ASRG','w':'SPMG','g':'ASMH','n':'ASMH','r':'HPHN','o':'PADS','}':'SMMG'} for f,x in benches.items(): v=reduce(lambda a,b:a^b,[ord(c)&31 for c in x],0) print(f,x,v,G[v],chr(96+v) if 1<=v<=26 else '?',ord(f)&31) PY

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' from functools import reduce G='0123456789bcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz' starters={ 'i':'SHKCCBGWOEM', 's':'SM MCCBKWOEM'.replace(' ',''), 'w':'SLMCCBPDOMM', 'g':'PKCCBNSWOEM', 'n':'PKCCBNSWOEM', 'o':'SVHCMCBAOEM', # check order irrelevant 'r':'SLCCBPDOSEM', '}':'PLMSCCBPD O M'.replace(' ','') } benches={'i':'AMSK','s':'ASRG','w':'SPMG','g':'ASMH','n':'ASMH','r':'HPHN','o':'PADS','}':'SMMG'} for f in starters: for label,x in [('start',starters[f]),('bench',benches[f]),('all',starters[f]+benches[f])]: v=reduce(lambda a,b:a^b,[ord(c)&31 for c in x],0) print(f,label,v,G[v],chr(64+v) if 1<=v<=26 else '?') print('filename',ord(f)&31) PY

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' from functools import reduce

scores starting + bench transcribed from sheet

scores={ 'i':[8,5,7,10,9,1,7,5,13,7,45,1,1,8,0], 's':[8,1,3,9,9,10,0,8,9,9,24,1,4,0,5], 'w':[9,8,3,12,8,10,1,9,9,12,15,5,0,2,2], 'g':[9,6,10,6,40,1,1,9,2,8,12,0,8,1,1], 'n':[1,7,11,18,8,0,5,10,13,7,18,0,8,1,0], 'r':[2,2,6,1,17,6,13,5,9,-1,24,3,4,3,8], 'o':[10,4,11,7,3,6,16,7,3,1,14,6,0,2,1], '}':[1,8,1,4,8,8,3,6,2,4,12,11,-2,0,2] } G='0123456789bcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz' for f,a in scores.items(): for label,b in [('start',a[:11]),('bench',a[11:]),('all',a)]: v=reduce(lambda x,y:x^(y&31),b,0) print(f,label,v,G[v], 'filename',ord(f)&31) PY

bash -lc ls -la /usr/share/wordlists 2>/dev/null || true; find /usr/share -maxdepth 3 -type f $-iname '*words*' -o -iname '*rockyou*'$ | head -50

Analyzed filename patterns and XOR values, then checked wordlists

Searched 11 websites

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,itertools from pathlib import Path ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes(); d=ct[::-1][:16] def ror(x,r): return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'GIF8',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'\x1f\x8b\x08',b'PTITCTF{',b'RIFF'] words=['dohunganh','DoHungAnh','Do Hung Anh','Đỗ Hùng Anh','anhdh','anhdh-gh','anhdh.net','www.anhdh.net','B18DCCN010','b18dccn010','D06983','545','3.48','One Mount Group','OneMountGroup','onemountgroup','VinID Pay','vinidpay','PTIT','ptit','backend','Backend Engineer','Software Engineer','Ronin Engineer','Samsung','2023','2018','Star employee','star employee','top7','top1'] for p in words: try: pb=p.encode('ascii') except: continue seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+pb).digest() for ci in [0,1]: ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',ci)).digest() for r in range(8): h=bytes(ror(b,r)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(d)) if any(h.startswith(s) for s in sigs): print('hit',repr(p),ci,r,h) PY

bash -lc cat > /mnt/data/sofar_work/brute_orient.py <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,itertools,functools,sys from pathlib import Path ns={};exec(open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py').read().split("ct=Path")[0],ns) G=ns['G']; rounds=ns['rounds'];paths=ns['paths'];sf_orders=ns['sf_orders'] ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes();d=ct[::-1][:16] def ror(x,r):return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'GIF8',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'\x1f\x8b\x08',b'PTITCTF{',b'RIFF'] def test(p): seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+p.encode()).digest() for ci in [0,1]: ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',ci)).digest() for r in range(8): h=bytes(ror(b,r)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(d)) if any(h.startswith(s) for s in sigs): return ci,r,h rs=['R1','R2','R3','R32','R16','QF','SF','F'] for bits in itertools.product([0,1], repeat=7): # non-SF rounds orientation for si,sfo0 in enumerate(sf_orders): for srev in [0,1]: fr=[]; bitit=iter(bits) for rnd in rs: if rnd=='SF': order=sfo0[::-1] if srev else sfo0 else: order=paths[rnd]; rev=next(bitit); order=order[::-1] if rev else order fr.append(''.join(rounds[rnd][x][0][0] for x in order)) gh=''.join(G[functools.reduce(lambda a,b:a^b,[ord(c)&31 for c in col],0)] for col in zip(*fr)) h=test(gh) if h: print('HIT',bits,si,srev,gh,h);sys.exit() print('no hits') PY python3 /mnt/data/sofar_work/brute_orient.py

Analyzed images and tested cipher clues via graph-orientation brute force

Mapping fantasy rounds

I’m matching screenshots to tournament rounds using formations, player availability, team progression, and fantasy-point patterns. The likely mapping is R1/R2 = i/s, R3/R32 = g/n, then o, r, }, and w for later knockout stages.

Mapped fantasy rounds****Searched 9 websites

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,itertools,re from pathlib import Path ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes();d=ct[::-1][:16] def ror(x,r):return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'GIF8',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'\x1f\x8b\x08',b'PTITCTF{',b'RIFF'] places=['Northern Territory','Queensland','Arnhem Land','Wessel Islands','Wessel Island','Gove Peninsula','Nhulunbuy','Groote Eylandt','Croker Island','Goulburn Islands','Arafura Shelf','Arafura Sea','Arafura','Gulf of Carpentaria','Carpentaria','Oceania','Western Pacific Ocean','Indian Ocean','Pacific Ocean','Australia','Indonesia','Papua New Guinea','West Papua','Torres Strait'] ps=set() for q in places: variants=[q,q.lower(),q.upper(),q.title()] for v in variants: ps |= {v,v.replace(' ',''),v.replace(' ','_'),v.replace(' ','-')} for p in ps: try: pb=p.encode('ascii') except: continue seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+pb).digest() for ci in [0,1]: ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',ci)).digest() for r in range(8): h=bytes(ror(b,r)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(d)) if any(h.startswith(s) for s in sigs): print('HIT',repr(p),ci,r,h) print('tested',len(ps)) PY

bash -lc cat > /mnt/data/sofar_work/brute_geohash_radius.py <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,itertools,time,sys from pathlib import Path ns={};exec(open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py').read().split("ct=Path")[0],ns) G=ns['G']; bases={ns'geohash_for'[0] for o in ns['sf_orders']} ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes(); rev=ct[::-1] def ror(x,r): return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x

Strong signatures. Compare at least 3 bytes, PNG 8, zip 4.

sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'PK\x05\x06',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'GIF87a',b'GIF89a',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'\x1f\x8b\x08',b'PTITCTF{',b'RIFF'] maxlen=max(map(len,sigs)); rotated=[bytes(ror(b,r) for b in rev[:maxlen]) for r in range(8)]

For each r/signature, required keystream prefix = rotated_ct ^ plaintext

req={} for r in range(8): for s in sigs: req[(r,s)]=bytes(rotated[r][i]^s[i] for i in range(len(s)))

def hit(p): seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+p.encode()).digest() for ci in (0,1): ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',ci)).digest() for r in range(8): for s in sigs: if ks.startswith(req[(r,s)]): return ci,r,s

def neighbors2(s): yield s n=len(s) for i in range(n): for a in G: if a!=s[i]: yield s[:i]+a+s[i+1:] for i in range(n): for j in range(i+1,n): for a in G: if a==s[i]: continue for b in G: if b==s[j]: continue yield s[:i]+a+s[i+1:j]+b+s[j+1:]

seen=set(); t=time.time(); c=0 for base in bases: for p in neighbors2(base): if p in seen: continue seen.add(p); c+=1 h=hit(p) if h: print('HIT',base,p,h,'tested',c,'elapsed',time.time()-t);sys.exit() print('no hits',c,'elapsed',time.time()-t) PY python3 /mnt/data/sofar_work/brute_geohash_radius.py

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,gzip,zlib from pathlib import Path ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes() p='rn44cv1eu4'; r=1; ci0=0 def ror(x,r): return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x data=ct[::-1]; seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+p.encode()).digest(); out=bytearray(len(data)) for bi,off in enumerate(range(0,len(data),32)): ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',bi+ci0)).digest() for j,b in enumerate(data[off:off+32]): out[off+j]=ror(b,r)^ks[j] pt=bytes(out); Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/candidate_rn44cv1eu4.bin').write_bytes(pt) print('head',pt[:64]);print('gzip header bytes',list(pt[:10])) try: x=gzip.decompress(pt); print('GZIP OK len',len(x),'head',x[:64]); Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/candidate_unzipped.bin').write_bytes(x) except Exception as e: print('gzip fail',repr(e)) PY file /mnt/data/sofar_work/candidate_rn44cv1eu4.bin

bash -lc cat > /mnt/data/sofar_work/brute_geohash_radius_valid.py <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,itertools,time,sys from pathlib import Path ns={};exec(open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py').read().split("ct=Path")[0],ns) G=ns['G']; bases={ns'geohash_for'[0] for o in ns['sf_orders']} ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes(); rev=ct[::-1] def ror(x,r): return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x rotct=[bytes(ror(b,r) for b in rev[:32]) for r in range(8)] def plausible(pt): if pt.startswith(b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n'): return 'png' if pt.startswith(b'%PDF-'): return 'pdf' if pt.startswith(b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c'): return '7z' if pt.startswith((b'GIF87a',b'GIF89a')): return 'gif' if pt.startswith(b'RIFF') and pt[8:12] in (b'WAVE',b'WEBP',b'AVI '): return 'riff' if pt.startswith(b'PTITCTF{'): return 'flag' if pt.startswith(b'\xff\xd8\xff') and (pt[3:10].startswith(b'JFIF') or b'Exif' in pt[3:16] or pt[3] in range(0xC0,0xFF)): return 'jpeg' if pt.startswith(b'\x1f\x8b\x08') and pt[3]&0xE0==0: return 'gzip' if pt.startswith(b'PK\x03\x04'): ver=int.from_bytes(pt[4:6],'little'); method=int.from_bytes(pt[8:10],'little'); nlen=int.from_bytes(pt[26:28],'little'); xlen=int.from_bytes(pt[28:30],'little') if 10<=ver<=63 and method in (0,8,9,12,14,98) and nlen<4096 and xlen<65536:return 'zip' return None def hit(p): seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+p.encode()).digest() for ci in (0,1): ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',ci)).digest() for r in range(8): pt=bytes(rotct[r][i]^ks[i] for i in range(32)) q=plausible(pt) if q:return ci,r,q,pt

def neighbors2(s): yield s;n=len(s) for i in range(n): for a in G: if a!=s[i]:yield s[:i]+a+s[i+1:] for i in range(n): for j in range(i+1,n): for a in G: if a==s[i]:continue for b in G: if b==s[j]:continue yield s[:i]+a+s[i+1:j]+b+s[j+1:] seen=set();t=time.time();hits=[] for base in bases: for p in neighbors2(base): if p in seen:continue seen.add(p) h=hit(p) if h: hits.append((base,p,h));print('HIT',base,p,h[:3],h[3][:16]) print('done',len(seen),'hits',len(hits),'elapsed',time.time()-t) PY python3 /mnt/data/sofar_work/brute_geohash_radius_valid.py

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY'

optimized radius-2 search, strong signatures only

import hashlib,struct,time,sys from pathlib import Path ns={};exec(open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py').read().split("ct=Path")[0],ns) G=ns['G']; bases={ns'geohash_for'[0] for o in ns['sf_orders']}; rev=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes()[::-1] def ror(x,r):return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'%PDF-',b'GIF87a',b'GIF89a',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'PTITCTF{'] req=[] for ci in (0,1): for r in range(8): rc=bytes(ror(b,r) for b in rev[:8]) for s in sigs:req.append((ci,r,s,bytes(rc[i]^s[i] for i in range(len(s))))) def hit(p): seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+p.encode()).digest() kss=[hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',ci)).digest() for ci in (0,1)] for ci,r,s,q in req: if kss[ci].startswith(q):return ci,r,s

def gen(s): yield s;n=len(s) for i in range(n): a0=s[i] for a in G: if a!=a0:yield s[:i]+a+s[i+1:] for i in range(n): for j in range(i+1,n): ai,aj=s[i],s[j] pre=s[:i];mid=s[i+1:j];post=s[j+1:] for a in G: if a==ai:continue for b in G: if b==aj:continue yield pre+a+mid+b+post seen=set();t=time.time();c=0 for base in bases: for p in gen(base): if p in seen:continue seen.add(p);c+=1 h=hit(p) if h:print('HIT',base,p,h);sys.exit() print('no hits',c,'elapsed',time.time()-t) PY

bash -lc cat > /mnt/data/sofar_work/brute_round_mirrors.py <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,itertools,functools,sys from pathlib import Path ns={};exec(open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py').read().split("ct=Path")[0],ns) G=ns['G'];rounds=ns['rounds'];paths=ns['paths'];sf_orders=ns['sf_orders'];ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes();rev=ct[::-1] roundnames=['R1','R2','R3','R32','R16','QF','SF','F'] mirror={'LB':'RB','RB':'LB','CBL':'CBR','CBR':'CBL','LM':'RM','RM':'LM','CML':'CMR','CMR':'CML','STL':'STR','STR':'STL','LWB':'RWB','RWB':'LWB','LW':'RW','RW':'LW'} def ror(x,r):return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'%PDF-',b'GIF87a',b'GIF89a',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'PTITCTF{',b'\x1f\x8b\x08'] def test(p): seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+p.encode()).digest() for ci in [0,1]: ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',ci)).digest() for r in range(8): h=bytes(ror(rev[j],r)^ks[j] for j in range(16)) if any(h.startswith(s) for s in sigs): if h.startswith(b'\x1f\x8b\x08') and h[3]&0xE0: continue return ci,r,h for bits in itertools.product([0,1],repeat=8): for si,sfo in enumerate(sf_orders): frags=[] for ridx,rnd in enumerate(roundnames): order=sfo if rnd=='SF' else paths[rnd] rr=rounds[rnd] frag='' for node in order: key=mirror.get(node,node) if bits[ridx] else node if key not in rr: key=node frag+=rr[key][0][0] frags.append(frag) gh=''.join(G[functools.reduce(lambda a,b:a^b,[ord(c)&31 for c in col],0)] for col in zip(*frags)) h=test(gh) if h: print('HIT bits',bits,'sf',si,'gh',gh,'h',h);sys.exit() print('no hits') PY python3 /mnt/data/sofar_work/brute_round_mirrors.py

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' import hashlib,struct,math,collections,zlib from pathlib import Path ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes() def ror(x,r):return ((x>>r)|((x<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else x def dec(p,r=7): d=ct[::-1];seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+p.encode()).digest();o=bytearray(len(d)) for bi,off in enumerate(range(0,len(d),32)): ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',bi)).digest() for j,b in enumerate(d[off:off+32]):o[off+j]=ror(b,r)^ks[j] return bytes(o) def ent(b): c=collections.Counter(b);n=len(b);return -sum(v/n*math.log2(v/n) for v in c.values()) for p in ['Arafura Sea','arafurasea','rn444c9mk7','rn444pyku7','rn44cngex0','rn44cnfmwr','iswrong}','isngor}w','SOFAR']: x=dec(p); print(repr(p),'head',x[:16].hex(),'entropy',ent(x),'print',sum(32<=q<127 for q in x)/len(x),'zlibratio',len(zlib.compress(x,9))/len(x)) PY

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' from PIL import Image import numpy as np from pathlib import Path for fn in ['i.png','R1.png']: a=np.array(Image.open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/'+fn).convert('RGB')) for c,name in enumerate('rgb'): for bit in [0,1,2]: x=((a[:,:,c]>>bit)&1)*255 Image.fromarray(x.astype('uint8')).save(f'/mnt/data/sofar_work/{fn[:-4]}_{name}{bit}.png') PY

bash -lc python3 - <<'PY' from PIL import Image,ImageOps,ImageDraw from pathlib import Path files=[Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work')/f'i_{c}{b}.png' for c in 'rgb' for b in range(3)] ims=[] for p in files: im=Image.open(p).convert('RGB'); im.thumbnail((300,300)); canvas=Image.new('RGB',(310,330),'white'); canvas.paste(im,((310-im.width)//2,20)); ImageDraw.Draw(canvas).text((5,5),p.name,fill='black');ims.append(canvas) out=Image.new('RGB',(3103,3303),'white') for k,im in enumerate(ims):out.paste(im,((k%3)*310,(k//3)*330)) out.save('/mnt/data/sofar_work/i_bitplanes.jpg') PY

Tested geohash-derived vault decryption and analyzed generated bitplane images

fast|"PTITCTF{" "iswrong" fast|"PTITCTF{" "is_wrong" "SOFAR" fast|"iswrong}" PTITCTF fast|"rn44" PTITCTF length|medium

Searched 7 websites

bash -lc ls -lah '/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault' && echo '--- scripts ---' && ls -lah /mnt/data/sofar_work/*.py 2>/dev/null | sed -n '1,80p'

bash -lc sed -n '1,260p' /mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py

Inspected SOFAR files, scripts, and solve data script

bash -lc cat > /mnt/data/sofar_work/bench_probe.py <<'PY' from functools import reduce from operator import xor bench={ 'i':[('Abdelkarim',1,'FWD'),('Miguel',1,'DEF'),('Suzuki',8,'GKP'),('Kante',0,'MID')], 's':[('Abdelkarim',1,'FWD'),('Suzuki',4,'GKP'),('Robinson',0,'DEF'),('Guler',5,'MID')], 'w':[('Spence',5,'DEF'),('Pickford',0,'GKP'),('Munoz',2,'FWD'),('Gonzalez',2,'MID')], 'g':[('Abdelkarim',0,'FWD'),('Simon',8,'GKP'),('Miguel',1,'DEF'),('Hendry',1,'DEF')], 'n':[('Abdelkarim',0,'FWD'),('Simon',8,'GKP'),('Miguel',1,'DEF'),('Hendry',0,'DEF')], 'r':[('Hakimi',3,'DEF'),('Pickford',4,'GKP'),('Heggem',3,'DEF'),('Ndoye',8,'MID')], 'o':[('Pickford',6,'GKP'),('Abdelkarim',0,'FWD'),('Dembele',2,'MID'),('Saibari',1,'MID')], '}':[('Simon',11,'GKP'),('Mbappe',-2,'FWD'),('Munoz',0,'FWD'),('Gonzalez',2,'MID')], } meta={ 'i':(79.0,117,162),'s':(64.7,90,153),'w':(38.3,96,136),'g':(61.0,104,162),'n':(69.0,98,166),'r':(38.1,84,128),'o':(46.9,77,136),'}':(20.5,57,116), } round_order=['i','s','n','g','o','r','}','w'] alpha='0123456789bcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz' for f in round_order: b=bench[f] init=''.join(x[0][0] for x in b) last=''.join(x[0][-1] for x in b) sc=[x[1] for x in b] vals=[ord(x[0][0])&31 for x in b] print(f, init,last,sc, 'xor_init31',reduce(xor,vals), alpha[reduce(xor,vals)], 'xor_score31',reduce(xor,[x&31 for x in sc]),alpha[reduce(xor,[x&31 for x in sc])], 'sumscore',sum(sc), 'suminit31',sum(vals)&31, alpha[sum(vals)&31], 'meta',meta[f]) print('filename round', ''.join(round_order)) PY python /mnt/data/sofar_work/bench_probe.py

Used container tool

open|https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?format=jsonv2&lat=-10.8892778&lon=137.9352540&zoom=10 length|short

Tracing the puzzle

I’m connecting the fantasy screenshots, graph traversal, extracted geohash, and encrypted artifact. The likely round mapping is emerging, but the final key and intended location still require testing several plausible interpretations.

Traced the puzzle****Searching the web

bash -lc python - <<'PY' import urllib.request u='https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?format=jsonv2&lat=-10.8892778&lon=137.9352540&zoom=10' r=urllib.request.Request(u,headers={'User-Agent':'Mozilla/5.0 CTF solver'}) try: print(urllib.request.urlopen(r,timeout=10).read()[:2000].decode()) except Exception as e: print('ERR',repr(e)) PY

Tested Nominatim internet connectivity

Searched 13 websites

bash -lc sed -n '1,300p' /mnt/data/sofar_work/pass_brute.py && echo '--- extract ---' && sed -n '1,260p' /mnt/data/sofar_work/brute_extract.py

bash -lc cat > /mnt/data/sofar_work/brute_arafura_meta.py <<'PY' from pathlib import Path import hashlib,struct,itertools,re ns={}; exec(open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py').read().split('ct=Path')[0],ns) ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes()[::-1][:32] G=ns['G']; gf=ns['geohash_for']; orders=ns['sf_orders'] def ror(b,r): return ((b>>r)|((b<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else b sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'PK\x05\x06',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'GIF8',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'\x1f\x8b',b'PTITCTF{',b'RIFF'] base=['48H','48h','37','4347','23625','10395','SC53-01','sc53-01','53LKL8012904547','-2149619','-1506317','Arafura Sea','ArafuraSea','arafura_sea','arafurasea','Arafura','ARAFURA','Arafura Marine Park','ArafuraMarinePark','arafura_marine_park','Arafura Shelf','ArafuraShelf','arafura_shelf','Arafura Depression','ArafuraDepression','arafura_depression','Western Pacific Ocean','Oceania','Australia','Northern Territory','East Arnhem','Arnhem Land','Torres Strait','Cape Arnhem','Cape Wessel','Wessel Islands'] passes=set(base) for o in orders: gh,=gf('name_first',o,False) for x in base: for sep in ['',':','|','-','',' ','/']: passes.add(gh+sep+x);passes.add(x+sep+gh)

title/clue compositions

for a,b in itertools.product(['SOFAR','sofar','7','top7','top 7','zip-twist-v1'], base): for sep in ['',':','|','-','_',' ']: passes.add(a+sep+b);passes.add(b+sep+a) print('passes',len(passes)) for p in passes: try: pb=p.encode('ascii') except: continue seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+pb).digest() for ctr in [0,1]: ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',ctr)).digest() for r in range(8): h=bytes(ror(b,r)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(ct)) for s in sigs: if h.startswith(s): print('HIT',repr(p),'ctr',ctr,'rot',r,s,h);raise SystemExit print('no hits') PY python /mnt/data/sofar_work/brute_arafura_meta.py

Brute-forced SOFAR and Arafura metadata decryption parameters

Tracking the puzzle

I’m narrowing the challenge into two linked stages: identify the correct round ordering and graph traversal, then use the resulting location clue to test the encrypted archive’s likely key and format.

Tracked the puzzle****Searched 10 websites

bash -lc cat '/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/format.txt'; echo; xxd -g1 '/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/format.txt'

bash -lc cat > /mnt/data/sofar_work/check_canonical.py <<'PY' from pathlib import Path import math,collections,zlib,hashlib,struct,subprocess ns={}; exec(open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py').read().split('ct=Path')[0],ns) ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes()

canonical likely DFS A/B and approximate BFS A/B

inds=[0,6,26,34] for idx in inds: gh,=ns'geohash_for' for rot in [1,7]: pt=ns'decrypt' p=Path(f'/mnt/data/sofar_work/canon{idx}_{gh}_r{rot}.bin'); p.write_bytes(pt) c=collections.Counter(pt); H=-sum(n/len(pt)*math.log2(n/len(pt)) for n in c.values())

printable and zero rates

pr=sum((32<=b<127) or b in (9,10,13) for b in pt)/len(pt) print(idx,gh,'rot',rot,'H',H,'print',pr,'head',pt[:32].hex()) PY python /mnt/data/sofar_work/check_canonical.py file /mnt/data/sofar_work/canon_*.bin

Inspected SOFAR vault format details

bash -lc cp '/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/}.png' /mnt/data/sofar_work/sf_screen.png

bash -lc python - <<'PY' ns={};exec(open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py').read().split('ct=Path')[0],ns) for idx in [0,6,26,34]: o=ns['sf_orders'][idx] gh,fr=ns'geohash_for' print(idx,o,fr[-2],gh) PY

bash -lc python - <<'PY' from pathlib import Path import hashlib,struct ns={};exec(open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py').read().split('ct=Path')[0],ns) ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes()[::-1][:32] def ror(b,r): return ((b>>r)|((b<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else b sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'PK\x05\x06',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'GIF8',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'\x1f\x8b\x08',b'PTITCTF{',b'RIFF',b'SQLite format 3\x00',b'Rar!\x1a\x07',b'BZh',b'\xfd7zXZ\x00',b'\x28\xb5\x2f\xfd',b'\x04\x22\x4d\x18'] for idx,o in enumerate(ns['sf_orders']): gh,_=ns'geohash_for' seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+gh.encode()).digest() for off in range(256): ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',off)).digest() for r in range(8): h=bytes(ror(b,r)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(ct)) for s in sigs: if h.startswith(s): print('HIT',idx,gh,'ctr',off,'rot',r,s,h[:24]);raise SystemExit if h[4:8]==b'ftyp': print('MP4',idx,gh,off,r,h[:24]);raise SystemExit print('no hits') PY

bash -lc cat -A '/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/script.py'

bash -lc unzip -Z -v '/mnt/data/SOFAR - Vault.zip' | sed -n '1,260p'

Analyzed image and archive, scanned rotations, and extracted hidden clues

Refining the puzzle path

I’m mapping the roster screenshots to tournament rounds, then testing graph traversals and extraction rules to recover a geohash. The encrypted file may contain compressed or image data, so I’m comparing likely keys and known file signatures.

Refined the puzzle path

Evaluating puzzle clues

I’m mapping the lineup screenshots to tournament rounds, then testing whether player order, initials, filenames, or scores produce the intended geohash. The encrypted file may instead require a location-derived passphrase, so I’m comparing both possibilities.

Evaluated puzzle clues****Searched 12 websites

bash -lc python - <<'PY' meta={'i':(79.0,117,162),'s':(64.7,90,153),'w':(38.3,96,136),'g':(61.0,104,162),'n':(69.0,98,166),'r':(38.1,84,128),'o':(46.9,77,136),'}':(20.5,57,116)} G='0123456789bcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz' for f,(a,p,h) in meta.items(): vals={'file':ord(f)&31,'p':p&31,'h':h&31,'avgint':int(a)&31,'avg10':round(a10)&31,'p^h':(p^h)&31,'all':(p^h^int(a))&31,'all10':(p^h^round(a10))&31,'p+h':(p+h)&31,'diff':(h-p)&31} print(f, vals, {k:G[v] for k,v in vals.items()}) PY

bash -lc python - <<'PY' from pathlib import Path import struct,zlib D=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault') for p in sorted(D.glob('*.png')): b=p.read_bytes();pos=8; chunks=[] while pos+12<=len(b): n=struct.unpack('>I',b[pos:pos+4])[0];typ=b[pos+4:pos+8]; chunks.append((typ.decode('latin1'),n,pos)) pos += 12+n if typ==b'IEND': break print(p.name,'len',len(b),'afterIEND',len(b)-pos,'chunks',[(t,n) for t,n,_ in chunks if t not in ('IDAT',)],'idatn',sum(1 for t,, in chunks if t=='IDAT')) PY

bash -lc find /usr/share -maxdepth 3 -type f $-iname '*rockyou*' -o -iname 'words' -o -iname '*wordlist*'$ 2>/dev/null | head -50; find / -maxdepth 4 -type f -iname 'rockyou.txt*' 2>/dev/null | head

bash -lc python - <<'PY' from pathlib import Path ns={};exec(open('/mnt/data/sofar_work/solve_try.py').read().split('ct=Path')[0],ns) ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes() for p in ['?','"?"','passphrase','zip-twist-v1','']: for r in range(8): h=ns'decrypt_head' if any(h.startswith(s) for s in [b'PK',b'\x89PNG',b'\xff\xd8',b'%PDF',b'PTIT',b'RIFF',b'SQLite',b'GIF',b'7z',b'\x1f\x8b']): print(p,r,h[:32]) print(p, [ns'decrypt_head'.hex() for r in range(8)]) PY

bash -lc python - <<'PY' import sympy as s n=180672 print(s.factorint(n)) for bpp in [1,2,3,4]: m=n//bpp print('bpp',bpp,'m',m,'factors',s.factorint(m)) for w in range(100,1000): if m%w==0: h=m//w if 100<=h<=1000: print(w,h) PY

bash -lc cat > /mnt/data/sofar_work/test_top_wrong.py <<'PY' from pathlib import Path import hashlib,struct,itertools,string,zlib ct=Path('/mnt/data/sofar_work/SOFAR - Vault/Maybe sth in here.bin').read_bytes() def ror(b,r): return ((b>>r)|((b<<(8-r))&255))&255 if r else b seps=['','_','-',' ','|',':'] parts1=['top7','top 7','top_7','top-7','7','rank7','rank_7','topseven','top_seven'] parts2=['iswrong','is wrong','is_wrong','is-wrong','wrong','isnotright','is_not_right'] wraps=[lambda x:x,lambda x:'PTITCTF{'+x+'}',lambda x:'ptitctf{'+x+'}',lambda x:x+'}',lambda x:'{'+x+'}'] ps=set() for a,b,sep in itertools.product(parts1,parts2,seps): x=a+sep+b for w in wraps: ps.add(w(x)) for x in ['top7iswrong','top7_iswrong','top7is_wrong','top7_is_wrong','top_7_is_wrong','top7 is wrong','top 7 is wrong','top_7_iswrong','top1','top1isright','top1_is_right','top_1_is_right']: for w in wraps: ps.add(w(x))

possible wording

for x in ['seveniswrong','7iswrong','7_is_wrong','rotation7iswrong','rotation_7_is_wrong','rot7iswrong','rot7_is_wrong','r7iswrong','r7_is_wrong','top7wrong','top_7_wrong']: for w in wraps: ps.add(w(x)) print('n',len(ps)) sigs=[b'PK\x03\x04',b'PK\x05\x06',b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n',b'\xff\xd8\xff',b'%PDF-',b'GIF8',b'7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c',b'\x1f\x8b\x08',b'PTITCTF{',b'RIFF',b'SQLite format 3\x00',b'Rar!\x1a\x07',b'BZh',b'\xfd7zXZ\x00'] data=ct[::-1][:512] best=[] for p in ps: try: pb=p.encode('ascii') except: continue seed=hashlib.sha256(b'zip-twist-v1|'+pb).digest() for ctr0 in [0,1,7]:

generate blocks enough 512, starting counter ctr0

for r in range(8): out=bytearray() for bi,off in enumerate(range(0,len(data),32)): ks=hashlib.sha256(seed+struct.pack('>I',ctr0+bi)).digest() out.extend(ror(b,r)^ks[j] for j,b in enumerate(data[off:off+32])) h=bytes(out) if any(h.startswith(s) for s in sigs) or h[4:8]==b'ftyp' or (len(h)>262 and h[257:262]==b'ustar'): print('MAGIC',repr(p),ctr0,r,h[:64],h[257:262]);raise SystemExit pr=sum(32<=b<127 or b in (9,10,13) for b in h)/len(h) best.append((pr,p,ctr0,r,h[:32])) print('no magic; best printable') for x in sorted(best,reverse=True)[:10]: print(x) PY python /mnt/data/sofar_work/test_top_wrong.py

Investigated encoding schemes, PNG data, wordlists, and vault decryption passphrases

Worked for 26m 24s

回答

Mình đã tiếp tục kiểm tra trực tiếp ZIP và khóa được thêm vài phần quan trọng, nhưng chưa recover được plaintext/flag cuối, nên mình không muốn đoán flag.

Mapping screenshot → round hiện khá chắc là:

Round	Screenshot
R1	`i.png`
R2	`s.png`
R3	`n.png`
R32	`g.png`
R16	`o.png`
QF	`r.png`
SF	`}.png`
F	`w.png`

Các graph R1, R2, R3, R32, R16, QF và F thực chất có đường đi có hướng xác định duy nhất. Mình đã kiểm tra lại từng mũi tên từ ảnh gốc; các path trước đó của bạn đúng, nên đây không phải nguồn lỗi. F đúng là có GK bị cô lập và chain chỉ đi qua 10 cầu thủ, củng cố mạnh giả thuyết output được cố tình cắt còn 10 ký tự.

SF là ngoại lệ thật sự: từ CBR → GK → CML → RW, tại RW graph tách làm hai branch:

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A: RW → LW → CBM → CMR
B: RW → CBL → LWB → RWB → ST

Với surname initial, bốn traversal “tự nhiên” nhất là:

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DFS A-first:
CPPOBSDMLCM  -> rn444c9mk7

BFS A-first:
CPPOBMSLDCM  -> rn444pyku7

BFS B-first:
CPPOMLBSCDM  -> rn44cngex0

DFS B-first:
CPPOMLCMBSD  -> rn44cnfmwr

Tất cả vẫn rơi vào Arafura Sea. Arafura Sea thực sự nằm giữa bắc Australia và New Guinea, nên phần “ngoài biển” vẫn khớp rất tốt. (Wikipedia)

Điểm quan trọng mới là mình không còn nghi path của 7 graph kia nữa. Mình cũng thử lại raw geohash với rotation 1 và 7, cùng nhiều block-counter offset; plaintext vẫn có entropy ≈ 8 bit/byte và không nhận ra PNG/ZIP/JPEG/PDF/SQLite/... Vì vậy raw geohash không phải passphrase trực tiếp, hoặc surname initial vẫn chưa phải phép trích xuất cuối cùng.

Có một hint đáng chú ý hơn mình nghĩ lúc đầu: các filename có thể ghép thành:

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iswrong}

Trong khi prompt nhấn cực mạnh “top 7” rồi “không thể top 1”. Cách đọc tự nhiên nhất hiện tại là:

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top 7 + iswrong}
→ "top 7 is wrong"

Nghĩa là dùng rotation=7 chỉ vì “top 7” rất có thể chính là bẫy. Rotation 1 trở thành ứng viên hợp lý. Tuy nhiên mình đã brute cả 0–7 nên riêng việc đổi rotation không đủ; nó chỉ giúp hiểu hint.

Mình còn thử một family lớn các password như top7iswrong, top7_is_wrong, top_7_is_wrong, rotation7iswrong, các bản bọc PTITCTF{...}, top1, v.v. — không decrypt được file hợp lệ. Vì vậy mình chưa coi PTITCTF{top7_iswrong} là flag, dù nó là một flag candidate rất dễ bị dụ submit.

Một chi tiết khác có thể quan trọng: Maybe sth in here.bin dài đúng 180672 = 192 × 941 bytes. Không chứng minh được gì, nhưng đây là kích thước có cấu trúc, nên plaintext có khả năng không phải ZIP mà có thể là raw media/data; do đó tiêu chí “decrypt đúng phải bắt đầu PNG/ZIP magic” có thể quá chặt.

Kết luận hiện tại

Phần đã khóa được là:

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round mapping:
i s n g o r } w

directed paths:
R1/R2/R3/R32/R16/QF/F = xác định duy nhất
SF = branch duy nhất còn ambiguity

cipher inversion = đúng

"rotation 7" = rất có khả năng là deliberate red herring

Và blocker thực sự đã thu hẹp thành cách tạo passphrase từ output/location, hoặc thuộc tính cầu thủ dùng để tạo fragment không phải surname initial.

Một hướng mình đánh giá đáng đào nhất tiếp theo là câu iswrong} có thể ám chỉ không chỉ top7 is wrong mà còn rằng “initial is wrong”. Nếu vậy, brute tiếp các initials sẽ không ra. Lớp dữ liệu chưa được khai thác có hệ thống nhất là 4 bench players × 8 screenshot cùng AVERAGE / POINTS / HIGHEST; chúng không tham gia graph nhưng rõ ràng được giữ lại trong ảnh, và có thể chính là lớp tạo passphrase sau khi geohash cho vị trí.

Hiện chưa có flag xác nhận được. Candidate PTITCTF{top7_iswrong} chưa có bằng chứng cryptographic, nên mình không khuyên coi đó là lời giải cuối.

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