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Cat Image

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Task: a 4GB Windows memory dump where the suspect was drawing cats in MS Paint. Solution: dump mspaint.exe process memory, reconstruct the unsaved canvas from raw BGRA pixel data to reveal the flag drawn on a cat image.

red_herring raw_pixels memory_dump volatility3 process_memory windows7 mspaint bitmap_extraction gdi_memory

process_memory_dumpmspaint_canvas_recoveryraw_bgra_pixel_reconstructionregistry_recent_files_analysisdecoy_flag_identification

$ ls tags/ techniques/

red_herring raw_pixels memory_dump volatility3 process_memory windows7 mspaint bitmap_extraction gdi_memory

process_memory_dumpmspaint_canvas_recoveryraw_bgra_pixel_reconstructionregistry_recent_files_analysisdecoy_flag_identification

Analysis

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

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