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M*CTF 2025 Quals
2 challenges with 2 published community solutions between them. Solution links go to CTFtime’s task page, which aggregates every writeup for a challenge - individual blog posts rot, the aggregator does not.
Full task list on CTFtimeBinary exploitation1
Turn a memory-safety bug in a native binary into control of execution. Usually a stack overflow, a format string, or a heap primitive.
Solve it with:ROP gadget finderShellcode assembler and libraryCyclic pattern generator and offset finderFormat string exploit builderLearn: Binary exploitation
- sandbox
- pwn
- heap
Same technique in picoCTF: vr-school, sice_cream, zero_to_hero
Web1
Reach data or functionality the application meant to keep from you - through its inputs, its tokens, or its trust in the client.
Solve it with:JWT decoder and signature verifierJWT alg=none bypass generatorWeb attack payload catalogJWT secret brute forceLearn: Sessions, tokens and access control
Also written up in: trannghiach/ChapBaiSlayer-CTF-Writeups