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Challenges for SC5 - Spokane Cyber Cup V

• Solution guide - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RCWwVwtxQcl0vf9X4b3Cyo7KDDLVKwGW5xKh5LhxlNI/edit?usp=sharing
• Videos for the challenges - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_brMPWHUClQ&list=PLT-LPGjotMdslqpw2MnJHXAEiGxYb0H-c

Web (11)

• Lottery:
  • Redis duplicate key caching bug
• Regex is Evil
• user agent:
  • Set the user agent to a special value to bypass auth
• amazon:
  • Breaking OTP
• Racey:
  • Race condition
• Injection city (6):
  • Command injection
  • Argument injection
  • Code injection
  • Template injection
  • SQL injection
  • XSS

Binary (10)

• Basic memory corruption series(5):
  • Corrupting a variable
  • Controlling the variable
  • Hijacking the control flow on function pointer
  • Hijacking the control flow on RET address
  • Shellcode - your own code
  • Reused with mods from years past: https://github.com/mdulin2/SC3/tree/master/buf_series was used in years past.
• JavaScript ROP
• Airline creator (4):
  • What's my seat?
  • First mod - name
  • Second mod - ticket class
  • Check yourself before you wreck yourself

Linux

• No chars
• Odd

Reverse Engineering (6)

• GameBoy (gameboy) (2):
  • Hackermon Null challenge 1: strings or hex editor to read password
  • Hackermon Null challenge 2: Use emulator w/ debugger to tamper memory
• tpm_decode (2):
  • Find the command
  • Find the secret being stored
• Cracking:
  • Easy way out
  • A little salt

Cryptography (4)

• Cesar Cipher
• Mean what you sign
  • https://nft.mirror.xyz/VdF3BYwuzXgLrJglw5xF6CHcQfAVbqeJVtueCr4BUzs
• Loops 4
• xorbiant

Blockchain (3)

• Mining - pseudo bitcoin mining
• Blockchain apprentice - OSINT on blockchain
• Bad key gen - brute forcing keys

OSINT

• Hotel finding from only an image (Vanessa)
• Google Dork
• DNS Scavenger hunt (3):
  • MX
  • Hosting Provider
  • Domain Registration Lookup

Other Challenges (7)

• Phreaking (4)
  • ABCD
  • Blue box (coins)
  • Red box (free calls)
  • Calling card (unused bonus challenge)
• LLMs (chatgpt) (2):
  • Programmer Helper 3.5 (challenge 1): Bypass system prompt to make the GPT-3.5 chatbot say the forbidden word.
  • Programmer Helper 4 (challenge 2): Bypass system prompt to make the GPT-4 chatbot say the forbidden word.
• Magician:
  • Reverse engieering and decoding some content.