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HACKvent 2015: Day 7

07 Dec 2015
CTF: Hackvent 2015
Link to challenge: http://hackvent.hacking-lab.com
Date Completed: 07 December 2015

Challenge

Solution

This challenge was very easy to solve as I had completed the teaser earlier.

First I convert the hexadecimal number provided (as it starts with 0x) to binary.
The result is 625 bits (which does not divide nicely by 8 so it is probably not an ASCII message).

However, its likely to be a QR code version 2 which is 25×25 = 625 pixels large.
In this case, every 1 corresponds to a black pixel and every 0 corresponds to a white pixel.
This is obvious by arranging the bits into a 25 by 25 grid and adding some spacing :

I use the same script I used in the teaser (link) to generate a QR code.
This is the QR code generated (enlarged to 350px * 350px):

Day 7 QR Solution

We scan the QR code using a really clever online scanner (link) that has some extra error correcting capabilities (compared to other QR readers).
We get the flag:  HV15-aFsf-4ea1-2eGg-Llr4-pB5A

 
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