Let target = "831_physiognomy_cracked" .
First, reverse target : "dekarc_demongysoihp_138"
Run it:
Now for each char c in reversed target:
undefined8 main(void) { char input[32]; char expected[32]; printf("Enter digital physiognomy key: "); fgets(input, 32, stdin); input[strcspn(input, "\n")] = 0;
$ ./physiognomy Enter digital physiognomy key: test Access denied. No other output. Likely checks a specific input. Load into Ghidra. The entry calls __libc_start_main with FUN_00101260 as main.
We have: (input_byte ^ 0x42) + 0x13 = c So: input_byte ^ 0x42 = c - 0x13 input_byte = (c - 0x13) ^ 0x42 target_rev = "dekarc_demongysoihp_138"[::-1] # wait, no: reversed target is correct # Actually easier: just reverse the known output first known = "831_physiognomy_cracked" rev_known = known[::-1] # "dekarc_demongysoihp_138" flag_chars = [] for ch in rev_known: c = ord(ch) original = (c - 0x13) ^ 0x42 flag_chars.append(chr(original)) Crack Digital Physiognomy 1 831
No PIE means addresses are fixed – good for static analysis.
Run it:
flag = ''.join(flag_chars) print(flag)
Decompile main :
transform(input, expected); // custom obfuscation function if (strcmp(expected, "831_physiognomy_cracked") == 0) { printf("Flag: %s\n", input); } else { puts("Access denied."); } return 0; }