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@md101 said:
Is the flag in the normal format? Do I need to decode it?

No need to decode. but you will need to add the HTB{} to it. IIRC

@MiningOmerta said:

@md101 said:
Is the flag in the normal format? Do I need to decode it?

No need to decode. but you will need to add the HTB{} to it. IIRC

As far as I remember, flag for this challenge has HTB{} already

Nope. It definitely needs decoding.

@md101 said:
Is the flag in the normal format? Do I need to decode it?

ok got it my mac did not do well with this one. Thanks.

I don´t get what I am doing wrong…I have connected the dots…I have a String…I decode the String with tools by hand and it does not work…

would please someone help me how I can decode this String?

Feel free to PM me…

This is where getting old sucks. I just don’t have the creativity to think about options to solve this.

The first approach that came to my mind was also the right one.

But I banged my head on the wall for a couple of hours because I was lazily using Windows.

It is important to have both upper case and lower case subdirectories present in the filesystem to be able to come up with the solution.

When I have opened the zip file under Windows, I was seeing something like the following.

E.g.:

U:
9
20
28

When I decompressed the zip under Linux, things looked different.

E.g.:
u:
20
28

U:
9

As you can see, the files are organised in a different way. I hope this helps.

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I have the files organized in Linux. I have tried spelling the challenge name and converting from hex to ASCII. No bueno. Any nudges?

@C3PJoe said:
converting from hex to ASCII. No bueno. Any nudges?

That crossed my mind too initially, but you’re over complicating it. Notice the structure of the zip file in front of you. There is a folder for each digit [0-9], for each lowercase character [a-z] and for each uppercase character [A-Z]. Some of these folders contain a file, some do not…

This is a pretty big hint, bordering on spoiler territory.

I check all of them but I can’t understand ?..?

@autorun said:
I check all of them but I can’t understand ?..?

PM me autorun

I think I’m doing the right things, but when I try to decode it, it doesn’t work.

Stuck as well, I was able to get some codes based on files and directories but I don’t know which one to exploit and how :confused:

@von said:
Stuck as well, I was able to get some codes based on files and directories but I don’t know which one to exploit and how :confused:

Don’t over think this. Look at what you’ve found, and think about how the parts of what you have found correspond.

I read there we nead files from 1 to 37, i only found 36 files, and order it in one code line, but at the moment on decode it i got an error my flags shows like HZ{… instead of HTB{… . the sha256 of the zip file i’ts ok, so i guess i’m doing something wrong.

@KikArch said:
I read there we nead files from 1 to 37, i only found 36 files, and order it in one code line, but at the moment on decode it i got an error my flags shows like HZ{… instead of HTB{… . the sha256 of the zip file i’ts ok, so i guess i’m doing something wrong.

I missed some things too when I first tried to copy-pasta the results and reorder them. If you can, look into doing as much sorting and ordering as possible in the command line. The more you hand jam things the greater chance you skip or drop something.

Good challenge. I tried so many things with this and in the end I went back to basics and found it.

I think that I nearly got the flag, but I need a little help.
I have a random string and decoded it, it looks like the flag but not at all.
it starts with HZ{blablablabla}
any hints?

@ShingoTamai said:
The first approach that came to my mind was also the right one.

But I banged my head on the wall for a couple of hours because I was lazily using Windows.

It is important to have both upper case and lower case subdirectories present in the filesystem to be able to come up with the solution.

When I have opened the zip file under Windows, I was seeing something like the following.

E.g.:

U:
9
20
28

When I decompressed the zip under Linux, things looked different.

E.g.:
u:
20
28

U:
9

As you can see, the files are organised in a different way. I hope this helps.

Lol, this hint helped me alot. Thanks!

@ShingoTamai said:
The first approach that came to my mind was also the right one.

But I banged my head on the wall for a couple of hours because I was lazily using Windows.

It is important to have both upper case and lower case subdirectories present in the filesystem to be able to come up with the solution.

When I have opened the zip file under Windows, I was seeing something like the following.

E.g.:

U:
9
20
28

When I decompressed the zip under Linux, things looked different.

E.g.:
u:
20
28

U:
9

As you can see, the files are organised in a different way. I hope this helps.

This is one good hint. Thanks