Points: 10 Category: General Skills
Python scripts are invoked kind of like programs in the Terminal... Can you run this Python script using this password to get the flag?
- Get the Python script accessible in your shell by entering the following command in the Terminal prompt: $ wget https://mercury.picoctf.net/static/8e33ede04d02f3765b8c6a6e24d72733/ende.py
- $ man python
I tried running the code in the IDE but that didn't work. I navigated to the directory where the Python file was (make sure the flag file is in the same directory) and used python -d flag.txt.en (-d for decode I'm guessing, -e is probably encode). This asked for the password which I pasted from pw.txt and then it outputted the flag.
Note (issue here): if you are running this on Python 2, buffer doesn't work the same way as it does in Python 3. Line 49 of the Python script:
sys.stdout.buffer.write(data_c)needs to be replaced with
sys.stdout.write(data_c)picoCTF{4p0110_1n_7h3_h0us3_aa821c16}