S.H.E.L.L CTF 2021: Hidden inside 2

Hidden inside 2

Category: Forensics

chal

178 points

Brad wanted to send a msg to Raj but he wanted to hide it from his wife? Can you help Raj decode it?

Note : Wrap the flag in ‘SHELL{’ & ’}‘.

file: HIDDEN_INSIDE_2.jpg

Solution

As in the previous part, given file isn’t jpeg but png. This time zsteg found hidden PNG image data under b1,g,lsb,xy method.

zsteg HIDDEN_INSIDE_2.jpg 
imagedata           .. file: Apple DiskCopy 4.2 image \006, 16711680 bytes, 0x10100 tag size, GCR CLV ssdd (400k), 0xff format
b1,r,lsb,xy         .. text: "NarUTO_Is_hokaGE"
b1,g,lsb,xy         .. file: PNG image data, 534 x 66, 8-bit/color RGBA, non-interlaced
b1,bgr,lsb,xy       .. text: "G13Hd'I\t"
b1,abgr,msb,xy      .. file: PGP Secret Sub-key -
b2,r,msb,xy         .. text: "z@(Z}v-J"
b3,bgr,msb,xy       .. text: "F3BNF8qb"
b3,rgba,lsb,xy      .. text: "w7Swws{?"
b3,abgr,msb,xy      .. text: "gz&G|DGt&gr"
b4,r,lsb,xy         .. text: "c$UR%R$C#5D2%E#%C#\#$C$UU#EUU%DR'C3B5'CS"
b4,r,msb,xy         .. text: "\"Ll*\"bNd**"
b4,g,lsb,xy         .. text: "tDTEEE$dEDUTEDEUB$S%DDTT$ETVDFtVd$DD&BB"
b4,g,msb,xy         .. text: "*j\"b.j&$\"\"dBB \"\"\"\"\"D"
b4,rgb,lsb,xy       .. text: "X$eWTrV\"TGF"
b4,bgr,lsb,xy       .. text: "XRd'UtVRR'D"
b4,rgba,lsb,xy      .. text: "4o$o5o4oT"

I’ve extracted the image as below.

zsteg -E b1,g,lsb,xy HIDDEN_INSIDE_2.jpg > flag.png

flag

Flag

SHELL{RayMONd_redDINTON_is_nOt_iLLYA}

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