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hack.lu CTF - packed - brute-force the xor cipher
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#!/usr/bin/python3 | |
# hack.lu CTF - packed - brute-force the xor cipher | |
CIPHERTEXT = "H51\\\'Ux2J&+(3Z;Uxcx0Xxs\x13h\x014$V!R($R>\t/)R!\x01<.\x13,N-aP4M4aRuG1-VuU0 GuH+a@0W=3R9\x01>(_0\x01,8C0Rx GuN6\"V|\x1ezKZ3\x014$]}R!2\x1d4S?7\x1au\x1fxs\t_\x01xa\x13<Gx)R&Ip2J&\x0f93T#zj\x1c\x1ap\x13rk\x00g\x01e|\x13g\x19ju\x0ba\x18jt\x02o+xa\x13u\x01xa\x13%S1/Gu\x03\x1b.\\:N7.\\:N4o\x13\x0cN-3\x133M9&\x13<Rx A2WjiZ{DvaX0Xjh\x136N6\"R!\x01\x07rC0p\x138a\x1dc22ieu\x161Fw+=-@0\x1bRa\x13u\x01(3Z;UxcR\'F.s\x1c>D!s\x13<Rx,Z&R1/Tw+R" | |
import itertools | |
import string | |
def code(key, cipher): | |
while len(key) < len(cipher): | |
key = key * 2 | |
return "".join(map(chr, [ord(a)^ord(b) for a, b in zip(cipher, key)])) | |
possible_chars = set(string.printable.upper()) | |
possible_key = [[], [], [], [], []] | |
for i in range(5): | |
print('finding', i) | |
for c in possible_chars: | |
plain = code(c, CIPHERTEXT[i::5]) | |
r = repr(plain) | |
if '\\x' not in r: # filter out most unprintables | |
print(c, r) | |
possible_key[i].append(c) | |
print() | |
for i in itertools.product(*possible_key): | |
key = ''.join(i) | |
plain = code(key, CIPHERTEXT) | |
if 'print' in plain: # the program almost certainly prints | |
print(key) | |
print(plain) |
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