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Phantom 2

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Task: GitHub repo with phantom/orphaned commit, no API leaks to discover SHA. Solution: Brute force 4-char hex SHA prefixes via GitHub web interface, then extract flag via Git Data API tree/blob traversal.

$ ls tags/ techniques/

git github rate_limiting phantom_commits dangling_commits git_data_api github_api sha_brute_force

github_phantom_commit_recoverygit_tree_traversalsha_prefix_brute_forcegithub_web_interface_enumerationasync_http_rate_limiting

Analysis

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$ python3 exploit.py --target 192.168.1.1 --port 8080
[*] Connecting to target...
[+] Shell obtained!

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