Christmas Challenge 2017 - Write-up

Tuesday 26 December 2017 (2017-12-26)

Saturday 14 September 2024 (2024-09-14)

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Information#

Version#

By	Version	Comment
noraj	1.0	Creation

CTF#

Name : Christmas Challenge 2017
Website : shellterlabs.com
Type : Online
Format : Jeopardy

500 - Can't Read - Coding#

Read the flag!

We have a text file containing several lines of number tuples.

For example, here are the two first lines of the file:

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That's cleary some RGB pixels, so let's write a Ruby script using the chuncky_png gem to write an image.

require 'chunky_png'

# Creating an image from scratch, save as an interlaced PNG
png = ChunkyPNG::Image.new(424, 307, ChunkyPNG::Color::TRANSPARENT)

File.open('image.txt', 'r') do |file|
    file.each_with_index do |line, x|
        # parse each pixel
        pixels = line.scan(/\(([0-9]{1,3}), ([0-9]{1,3}), ([0-9]{1,3})\)/)
        pixels.each_with_index do |pixel, y|
            #puts "x: #{x}, y: #{y}"
            #puts "r: #{pixel[0]}, g: #{pixel[1]}, b: #{pixel[2]}"
            png[y,x] = ChunkyPNG::Color.rgb(pixel[0].to_i, pixel[1].to_i, pixel[2].to_i)
        end
    end
end

png.save('filename.png', :interlace => true)

Display the image and get the flag: shellter{im4g34rr4y}.

writeups

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500 - Can't Read - Coding#