2017weight 0.00UConn CyberSEED

UConn CyberSEED 2017

5 challenges with 5 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.

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Forensics4

Recover something from a file, a capture, or a disk image - often from a part of it the format says is unused.

Solve it with:File type identifier by magic bytes Magic byte and file signature table PCAP analyzer for CTF network forensics EXIF metadata viewer Learn: File forensics and carving Learn: Network forensics

Network Admin - Q1
1 pts1 writeup
Same technique in picoCTF: FindAndOpen, c0rrupt, extensions
Network Admin - Q2
1 pts1 writeup
Same technique in picoCTF: FindAndOpen, c0rrupt, extensions
Network Admin - Q3
1 pts1 writeup
Same technique in picoCTF: FindAndOpen, c0rrupt, extensions
Network Admin - Q4
1 pts1 writeup
Same technique in picoCTF: FindAndOpen, c0rrupt, extensions

Misc1

Everything that fits no other box: esolangs, puzzles, scripting exercises, and the jail escapes that have not yet earned their own category.

Solve it with:Brainfuck and esolang decoder Cipher identifier and automatic decoder Regex tester with match offsets and capture groups Learn: Recognising encodings

American Folk Hero
50 pts1 writeup
- rtl-sdr.com
Same technique in picoCTF: Permissions, Specialer, Codebook

Forensics4

Network Admin - Q1

Network Admin - Q2

Network Admin - Q3

Network Admin - Q4

Misc1

American Folk Hero

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