Challenge Author: LT ‘SYREAL’ JONES

Category: General Skills

Difficulty: Easy

Description

Can you crack the password to get the flag?

Process / Notes

1. wget the encrypted flag and the checker program
2. cat on both - the flag is encrypted
3. if( user_pw = "691d" ): then provide the flag
4. Input the password, 691d
5. The flag has been revealed!

4 minutes 54 seconds to complete

Hints

1. To view the file in the web shell, do $ nano level1.py1
2. To exit nano, press CTRL and x and follow the on-screen prompts
3. The str_xor function does not need to be reverse engineered for this challenge

Core Lessons

1. Understand how to read through the source code for key information