| Offset | Size | Meaning | |--------|------|----------| | 0x00 | 8 | ASCII magic "DEBRIDER" | | 0x08 | 4 | (little‑endian) – the “bride” | | 0x0C | 4 | Reserved / version (currently zero) | | 0x10 | … | Payload data (to be “de‑brided”) |
$ python3 rebuild.py mystery.dat Fixed file written: mystery.dat.fixed CRC=0x4a1f0c2b $ ./debrideur mystery.dat.fixed Processing block 0... Processing block 1... ... Flag: FLAGBr1d3_1s_Just_A_CRC Success! The flag appears after the binary finishes its “de‑briding” routine. 5. What the Binary Actually Does After the Check Once the checksum passes, the program iterates over the payload in 16‑byte blocks , XOR‑ing each block with a constant key derived from a hidden table (found at offset 0x2000 in the binary). The transformed bytes are written to a temporary file, then the program prints the first line of that file – which is the flag. Debrideur fileice.net
def rebuild(fname): data = open(fname, "rb").read() payload = data[0x10:] # skip header + checksum field crc = binascii.crc32(payload) & 0xffffffff # rebuild the file new = data[:0x08] + crc.to_bytes(4, "little") + data[0x0c:] open(fname + ".fixed", "wb").write(new) print(f"Fixed file written: fname.fixed CRC=0xcrc:08x") | Offset | Size | Meaning | |--------|------|----------|
#!/usr/bin/env bash FILE=mystery.dat FIXED=$FILE.fixed Flag: FLAGBr1d3_1s_Just_A_CRC Success
# 1️⃣ Fix the CRC python3 rebuild.py "$FILE"
$ ltrace -e crc32 ./debrideur mystery.dat ... crc32(0x0, "abcdefghij...", 0x1c0) = 0x4a1f0c2b The binary uses (the standard polynomial 0xEDB88320). The function is called on the data after the checksum field.