Ghost in the Shellcode 2014: lugkist

Category: Trivia Points: 150 Description:

Find the key. File

Write-up

The headers of the provided lugkist-3c99ed66685a73f333dde7cddfe5e9a4fd3651f0 file contain 7zXZ, indicating it’s xz-compressed data.

So, extract the file using the built-in xz or unxz commands:

• xz -dc < lugkist-3c99ed66685a73f333dde7cddfe5e9a4fd3651f0 > lugkist.txt
• unxz < lugkist-3c99ed66685a73f333dde7cddfe5e9a4fd3651f0 > lugkist.txt

Alternatively, extract the provided file using p7zip:

7z x lugkist-3c99ed66685a73f333dde7cddfe5e9a4fd3651f0

Then, … (TODO)

The flag is Power overwhelming? Back in my day cheats did not have spaces..

Other write-ups and resources

• http://blog.zachorr.com/lugkist/
• http://commandlinewani.blogspot.com/2014/01/ghostintheshellcode-write-up-lugkist.html
• http://delogrand.blogspot.com/2014/01/ghost-in-shellcode-2014-trivia.html
• http://tasteless.se/2014/01/gits-2014-lugkist-trivia-150
• https://systemoverlord.com/blog/2014/01/19/ghost-in-the-shellcode-2014-lugkist/