Challenge list
General SkillsLevel 2★★☆☆☆Text Processing Master - sed & awk
/app/data.csv contains CSV data. Perform these operations: 1. Extract only rows where column 2 (price) >= 1000 2.…
Network SecurityLevel 2★★☆☆☆Network Analysis - DNS Zone Transfer Leak
An unauthenticated DNS zone transfer (AXFR) against a misconfigured authoritative server was captured. Download the…
Network SecurityLevel 2★★☆☆☆Network Analysis - ICMP Data Exfiltration
Data was exfiltrated from the internal host 10.20.0.15 to the external host 203.0.113.66 disguised as ping (ICMP echo…
Network SecurityLevel 2★★☆☆☆Network Analysis - SMB Share Enumeration Leak
An attacker enumerating SMB shares on the network was captured. Download the packet capture (traffic.pcap), follow the…
Network SecurityLevel 2★★☆☆☆Network Analysis - Telnet Credentials
A legacy server was administered over Telnet in clear text. Download the packet capture (traffic.pcap), follow the…
Network SecurityLevel 2★★☆☆☆Network Analysis - Anonymous FTP Transfer
An anonymous FTP session was captured in clear text. Download the packet capture (traffic.pcap), follow the FTP data…
Network SecurityLevel 2★★☆☆☆Network Analysis - Clear-text HTTP Credentials
Analyze traffic intercepted on public Wi-Fi where someone logged in over plain HTTP. Download the packet capture…
Network SecurityLevel 2★★☆☆☆Network Analysis - Plaintext SMTP Attachment
The internal host 10.30.0.25 sent an email to port 25 of the mail server 10.30.0.10 without encryption. Download…
ProgrammingLevel 2★★☆☆☆Programming - Bash Job Log Analysis
/challenge/jobs.log is a nightly batch log that is regenerated with random data every time the container starts. Each…
ProgrammingLevel 2★★☆☆☆Programming - PIN Brute Force
/challenge/vault.json is a vault record that is regenerated with random data every time the container starts. It…
ProgrammingLevel 2★★☆☆☆Programming - Hash Verification and Decryption
Analyze the evidence file artifact-manifest.json, which is generated randomly at every start. Each artifact…
ProgrammingLevel 2★★☆☆☆Programming - Binary TLV Parsing
/challenge/capture.bin is a custom binary file that is regenerated with random data every time the container starts.…
General SkillsLevel 2★★☆☆☆Process Hunter - Hidden Process
A process named "secret_service" is running in the background. Find this process and get the following information: 1.…
General SkillsLevel 2★★☆☆☆Log Analysis - Find the Intruder
/app/auth.log contains authentication logs. Detect suspicious activity: - Identify the IP address with 10+ failed…
General SkillsLevel 2★★☆☆☆Compression Maze - Nested Archives
/app/flag.tar.gz is a nested compressed file. Decompress step by step: flag.tar.gz → flag.tar → flag.zip.bz2.gz →…
ProgrammingLevel 2★★☆☆☆Regular Expressions - The One-Time Golden Glyph
Extract every KINO-four-digits-four-uppercase glyph from data.txt, identify the one occurring once, and submit it to…
General SkillsLevel 2★★☆☆☆Regex Master - Log File Analysis
The file /app/access.log contains thousands of access log entries. Extract all entries where the IP address starts…
General SkillsLevel 2★★☆☆☆Environment Variable Master - PATH Hijacking
There is a hidden command "getflag" in /app/secret_bin directory. However, this directory is not in PATH, so you…
General SkillsLevel 3★★★☆☆Docker Forensics - Container Investigation
With no Docker daemon available, investigate the metadata of the image `registry.internal/kinoco-billing-api:2.4.1`:…
General SkillsLevel 3★★★☆☆Find the Deleted API Key in Git History
/app/repo is a Git repository. A developer accidentally committed an API_KEY and removed it in a later commit. Inspect…
LinuxLevel 3★★★☆☆Linux-Capabilities. Privilege Escalation Beyond SUID
A specific binary on this system has Linux capabilities assigned to it. Investigate a privilege escalation technique…
LinuxLevel 3★★★☆☆Linux-SUID Exploit. Escalating Privileges via the find Binary
A copy of the find command with the SUID bit set exists on this system. Use a well-known GTFOBins technique to obtain…
LinuxLevel 3★★★☆☆Linux-Proc Memory. Peeking at a Process's Environment
A daemon process runs continuously in the background, with the flag set as one of its environment variables.…
LinuxLevel 3★★★☆☆Linux-Strace. Tracing System Calls to Expose a File
A binary that leaves nothing in standard output or on disk is provided. It reads a key from a hidden file,…