PHD CTF Quals 2012
17 challenges with 43 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 CTFtimeMisc7
Everything that fits no other box: esolangs, puzzles, scripting exercises, and the jail escapes that have not yet earned their own category.
Same technique in picoCTF: Permissions, Specialer, Codebook
Same technique in picoCTF: Permissions, Specialer, Codebook
Same technique in picoCTF: Permissions, Specialer, Codebook
Same technique in picoCTF: Permissions, Specialer, Codebook
Same technique in picoCTF: Permissions, Specialer, Codebook
- python
- random
Same technique in picoCTF: PW Crack 1, PW Crack 2, PW Crack 3
- brute
Same technique in picoCTF: Permissions, Specialer, Codebook
Binary exploitation6
Turn a memory-safety bug in a native binary into control of execution. Usually a stack overflow, a format string, or a heap primitive.
- python
Same technique in picoCTF: Guessing Game 1, x-sixty-what, format string 3
Same technique in picoCTF: Guessing Game 1, x-sixty-what, format string 3
Same technique in picoCTF: Guessing Game 1, x-sixty-what, format string 3
Same technique in picoCTF: Guessing Game 1, x-sixty-what, format string 3
- bin
Same technique in picoCTF: Guessing Game 1, x-sixty-what, format string 3
Same technique in picoCTF: Guessing Game 1, x-sixty-what, format string 3
Forensics3
Recover something from a file, a capture, or a disk image - often from a part of it the format says is unused.
Same technique in picoCTF: FindAndOpen, c0rrupt, extensions
Same technique in picoCTF: FindAndOpen, c0rrupt, extensions
Same technique in picoCTF: FindAndOpen, c0rrupt, extensions
Web1
Reach data or functionality the application meant to keep from you - through its inputs, its tokens, or its trust in the client.
- php
- rand
Same technique in picoCTF: Client-side-again, dont-use-client-side, Irish-Name-Repo 3