Challenge list
LinuxLevel 2★★☆☆☆Linux-Package Info. Inspecting Installed Package Details
A custom-built deb package is installed on this system. Use dpkg or apt to inspect the package's details and find…
LinuxLevel 2★★☆☆☆Linux-Process Hunting. Tracking Down a Running Process
Among several background processes, one has the flag embedded in its command-line arguments. List them with ps and…
LinuxLevel 2★★☆☆☆Linux-User Investigation. Filtering the Target User with awk
Several users are registered on this system. Parse /etc/passwd with awk to find the one matching a specific condition,…
LinuxLevel 2★★☆☆☆Linux-Log Rotation. Searching Compressed Historical Logs
Some older log files have been gzip-compressed by log rotation. Use a command that searches inside compressed files…
LinuxLevel 2★★☆☆☆Linux-Log Explorer. Digging the Flag Out of Multiple Logs
Multiple application and system log files are provided. The flag is embedded in a single DEBUG-level line — narrow it…
LinuxLevel 2★★☆☆☆Linux-Environment Secrets. Finding the Variable Named FLAG
Several environment variables, including some dummy credentials, are set on this system. List them with env and find…
General SkillsLevel 2★★☆☆☆OSINT Basics - Metadata Analysis
Files recovered from a departed employee's shared drive (photos `IMG_*.jpg` and Office documents) are in…
Digital ForensicsLevel 2★★☆☆☆Hidden PDF Streams
The PDF file contains compressed object streams. An internal note that is not shown on the page is hidden inside them.…
ProgrammingLevel 2★★☆☆☆Python Practice - Bulk Base64 Stream Decoding
Every line of data.txt (about 150 lines, created at every start) is Base64. Decode line by line; when the result…
ProgrammingLevel 2★★☆☆☆Python Practice - Conditional CSV Sales Filtering
data.txt, created at every start, is a sales CSV (transaction_id,date,product_id,amount,status,ref,notes). Several…
ProgrammingLevel 2★★☆☆☆Python Practice - Compound JSON User Query
Examine the JSON data.txt ({"users": [...]}) created at every start. Each user has id, name, email, role, active and…
ProgrammingLevel 2★★☆☆☆Python Practice - Target-IP Access Log Tracing
data.txt (about 1,300 lines, created at every start) is a web server access log. Extract only the requests from…
ProgrammingLevel 2★★☆☆☆Python Automation - Bulk Base64 Decoding
Every line of data.txt (about 150 lines, created at every start) is Base64. Decode line by line; when the result…
ProgrammingLevel 2★★☆☆☆Python Automation - CSV Sales Filtering
data.txt, created at every start, is a sales CSV (transaction_id,date,product_id,amount,status,ref,notes). Several…
ProgrammingLevel 2★★☆☆☆Python Automation - JSON User Query
Examine the JSON data.txt ({"users": [...]}) created at every start. Each user has id, name, email, role, active and…
ProgrammingLevel 2★★☆☆☆Python Automation - Access Log Parsing
data.txt (about 1,300 lines, created at every start) is a web server access log. Extract only the requests from…
ProgrammingLevel 2★★☆☆☆Python Automation - Password Hash Cracking
Examine data.txt (a list of SHA-256 digests) and wordlist.txt (800 four-character lowercase alphanumeric tokens), both…
Web SecurityLevel 2★★☆☆☆Web-11. SQL Injection into the Employee Portal
KinoGadget's internal "Employee Access Portal" runs on a legacy authentication system. The lead developer is rumored…
Web SecurityLevel 2★★☆☆☆Web-12. Reflected XSS in BlogSearch
BlogSearch is a simple search engine for blog articles. The search query is embedded into the results page as-is…
Web SecurityLevel 2★★☆☆☆Web-13. Bypassing File Upload Checks in ImageVault
ImageVault is an image hosting service that accepts JPG, PNG, and GIF uploads. If its validation only checks the end…
Web SecurityLevel 2★★☆☆☆Web-14. Command Injection in a Network Diagnostic Tool
This app is a diagnostic tool that runs ping against a host you supply. If the host input is passed straight into a…
Web SecurityLevel 2★★☆☆☆Web-15. IDOR in the UserProfile Service
The UserProfile Service exposes an API that returns profile information for a given user ID. Check whether the service…
Web SecurityLevel 2★★☆☆☆Web-16. Weak JWT Secret in the CHIMERA Research Lab
Clues found after breaching the employee portal point to an isolated research lab system codenamed CHIMERA. It…
Web SecurityLevel 2★★☆☆☆Web-17. Path Traversal in FileShare
FileShare lets users list and download files from a shared folder. Check whether the filename parameter passed to the…