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EN Flags may be hidden in the image and can only be revealed by dumping the hex and looking for a specific pattern. An analysis of the image compression pipeline of the social network Twitter. Written by Maltemo, member of team SinHack. Problem Detection We can detect how it is corrupted in quite a few ways:. Are you sure you want to create this branch? A collection of write-ups from the best hackers in the world on topics ranging from bug bounties and CTFs to vulnhub machines, hardware challenges and real life encounters. 00000000: 8950 4e47 0d0a 1a0a .PNG. corrupt.png.fix additional data after IEND chunk, corrupt.png.fix: PNG image data, 500 x 408, 8-bit/color RGBA, non-interlaced, 500 x 408 image, 32-bit RGB+alpha, non-interlaced, red = 0x00ff, green = 0x00ff, blue = 0x00ff, chunk pHYs at offset 0x00037, length 9: 2835x2835 pixels/meter (72 dpi), chunk tIME at offset 0x0004c, length 7: 20 Jun 2016 03:20:08 UTC, chunk IDAT at offset 0x0005f, length 8192, zlib: deflated, 32K window, maximum compression, chunk IDAT at offset 0x0206b, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x04077, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x06083, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x0808f, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x0a09b, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x0c0a7, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x0e0b3, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x100bf, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x120cb, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x140d7, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x160e3, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x180ef, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x1a0fb, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x1c107, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x1e113, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x2011f, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x2212b, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x24137, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x26143, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x2814f, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x2a15b, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x2c167, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x2e173, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x3017f, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x3218b, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x34197, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x361a3, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x381af, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x3a1bb, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x3c1c7, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x3e1d3, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x401df, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x421eb, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x441f7, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x46203, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x4820f, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x4a21b, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x4c227, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x4e233, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x5023f, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x5224b, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x54257, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x56263, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x5826f, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x5a27b, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x5c287, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x5e293, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x6029f, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x622ab, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x642b7, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x662c3, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x682cf, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x6a2db, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x6c2e7, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x6e2f3, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x702ff, length 8192, chunk IDAT at offset 0x7230b, length 1619. CTF Background Help Alex! Binwalk detects a zip file embedded within dog.jpg. Therefore, we get the length of 0x10004 - 0x5B - 0x4 = 0xFFA5 which is good since the original value is 0xAAAAFFA5. ### Correcting the IDAT chunk If partial trials are present, this function will % remove them from the last meg4 file. file mystery So I checked the lenght of the chunk by selecting the data chunk in bless. The file command is used to determine the file type of a file. Why we see the red compression artifacts so well and what we can do about them. When you are on the file, search for known elements that give hints about the file type. One would typically not bust a criminal case by carefully reassembling a corrupted PNG file, revealing a photo of a QR code that decodes to a password for a zip archive containing an NES rom that when played will output the confession. You may also try zsteg. There was a problem preparing your codespace, please try again. There are several reasons why a photo file may have been damaged. There are plugins for extracting SQL databases, Chrome history, Firefox history and much more. You can download the recovered file after repairing it. When analyzing file formats, a file-format-aware (a.k.a. Low-level languages like C might be more naturally suited for this task, but Python's many useful packages from the open-source community outweigh its learning curve for working with binary data. Assuming you have already picked up some Python programming, you still may not know how to effectively work with binary data. $ pngcheck mystery mystery CRC error in chunk pHYs (computed 38d82c82, expected 495224f0) This tells us the calculated CRC value from the data field, and the current CRC (expected). Strings. Hello, I am doing forensics CTF challenges and wanted to get some advice on how to investigate the images. Example 1:You are provided an image named computer.jpg.Run the following command to dump the file in hex format. In the case where you do need to understand a complicated VBA macro, or if the macro is obfuscated and has an unpacker routine, you don't need to own a license to Microsoft Office to debug this. We are given a PNG image that is corrupted in some way. Even in the case of an incomplete data section, the data is adjusted in such a way that a valid image can be generated again with a large part of the recovered image data. Now the file is identified as a PNG file: However, pngcheck complains about errors: The header declared 9 bytes, then come 4 bytes of the type (pHYs), then nine bytes of the payload and 4 bytes of the checksum. Learn more. View all strings in the file with strings -n 7 -t x filename.png. You can find the length value of what you select in the right bottom corner: [TOC] When doing a strings analysis of a file as discussed above, you may uncover this binary data encoded as text strings. message.png message.png ADS A summary of the JPG compression algorithm in layman's terms including 7 tips for reducing the file size. `89 50 4E 47 0D 0A 1A 0A` CTF Image Steganography Checklist. You can do this also on the image processing page. Other times, a message might be encoded into the audio as DTMF tones or morse code. So I decided to change the PNG header **again** to correct this problem : According to the [PNG specs], the first 8 bytes of the file are constant, so let's go ahead and fix that: After the header come a series of chunks. Example 1:You are given a file named rubiks.jpg.Running the file command reveals the following information. * For more in depth knowledge about how works chunks in PNG, I strongly recommend you two read my other write-ups that explains a lot of things : It seems to have suffered EOL conversion. Here are some major reasons below: Presence of bad sector in the storage device makes PNF files corrupted or damage Storage device is infected with virus Resizing the PNG file frequently Corrupt drivers in the system Using corrupt software to open PNG file Learn why such statements are most of the time meaningless, understand the technical background, and find out which tool you should use as of today. No errors detected in mystery_solved_v1.png (9 chunks, 96.3% compression). --- chunk IHDR at offset 0x0000c, length 13 If one thing doesnt work then you move on to the next until you find something that does work. Volatility is a Python script for parsing memory dumps that were gathered with an external tool (or a VMware memory image gathered by pausing the VM). With the aforementioned assumption in our mind, we checked if any chunk had an unexpected checksum: pngcheck helped us doing this. You can extract hidden files by running the following command. Most challenges wont be this straight forward or easy. To use the tool, simply do the following: This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details. The next chunks after the IHDR were alright until it ends with an unknown header name : The latter includes a quick guide to its usage. Many CTF challenges task you with reconstructing a file based on missing or zeroed-out format fields, etc. ! CTFs are supposed to be fun, and image files are good for containing hacker memes, so of course image files often appear in CTF challenges. At first, I analyzed the png file using binwalk command and was able to extract the base 64 string which converted as another file image (base64 to image/file conversion). You can do this anytime. If trying to repair a damaged PCAP file, there is an online service for repairing PCAP files called PCAPfix. hexed.it helps a whole lot. The PNG header had End Of Line specific that wasn't recognized on Linux. The more challenges you solve, the more flags you obtain, and the more points you receive. So I correct it with `bless`. The binary objects can be compressed or even encrypted data, and include content in scripting languages like JavaScript or Flash. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. If you have any questions feel free to Tweet or PM me @mrkmety. Example of using strings to find ASCII strings, with file offsets: Unicode strings, if they are UTF-8, might show up in the search for ASCII strings. We wrote the script and it took a lifetime. corrupt.png.fix: PNG image data, 500 x 408, 8-bit/color RGBA, non-interlaced pngcheck -v corrupt.png.fix File: corrupt.png.fix (469363 . file won't recognize it, but inspecting the header we can see strings which are common in PNG files. * https://hackmd.io/@FlsYpINbRKixPQQVbh98kw/Sk_lVRCBr Ethscan is made to find data in a memory dump that looks like network packets, and then extract it into a pcap file for viewing in Wireshark. Note that this tool assumes that it is only the chunksizes that are incorrect. I then implemented my solution in ruby: Determine which chunks are invalid due to CRC and/or length errors. Corrupted PNG . Can you try and fix it? When the run Window appears, type cmd and press the Enter button. E N 4`| You may need to install exiftool on your system. Nov 3, 2014 at 12:48. Example 1:You are provided an image named dog.jpg.Run the following command to see if Binwalk finds any embedded files. For a more local converter, try the xxd command. One important security-related note about password-protected zip files is that they do not encrypt the filenames and original file sizes of the compressed files they contain, unlike password-protected RAR or 7z files. There are all sorts of CTFs for all facets of infosec, Forensics, Steganography, Boot2Root . Thanks for reading. When you have a challenge with a corrupted `file`, you can start with file command : P N G and instead of . When you are on the file, search for known elements that give hints . chunk IHDR at offset 0x0000c, length 13 I can't open this file. Which meant: why would you bruteforce everything? After using a tool such as pngcheck, if there are critical chunks with incorrect sizes defined, then this tool will automatically go through each critical chunk and fix their sizes for you. |`89 50 4E 47`|`. CTF challenge authors have historically used altered Hue/Saturation/Luminance values or color channels to hide a secret message. ## Fixing the corruption problems So let's change the name of the chunck It seems Luffy played with my picture and I'm not able to open it anymore. pHYs Chunk after rectifying : `38 D8 2C 82` check the header format has the hint says and edit the header format After that try to open the file and see what goes on, After that you can use the gif speed control online and slow the speed of the encoded message and finally your get the message but being encoded. If you are writing a custom image file format parser, import the Python Image Library (PIL) aka Pillow. It also uses an identification heuristic, but with certainty percentages. 1. corrupt.png, Carpe Diem 1 - (salty) Write-up - TryHackMe, corrupt.png: CORRUPTED by text conversion. byte 1: Y overflow X overflow Y sign bit X sign bit Always 1 Middle Btn Right Btn Left Btn. Please The file command shows that this is a PNG file and not a JPG. This is a collection of graphics images created to test PNG applications like viewers, converters and editors. I have been asked by a few folks what tools I use for CTF's. What I use all depends on what the CTF is. file advanced-potion-making returned advanced-potion-making: . Some of the PNG chunks must have been corrupted as well then. If working with QR codes (2D barcodes), also check out the qrtools module for Python. The challenge intends to hide the flag. The premiere open-source framework for memory dump analysis is Volatility. "house.png", 2 0"house02.png" . We mentioned that to excel at forensics CTF challenges, it is important to be able to recognize encodings. The definition of pHYs is: Pixels per unit, X axis: 4 bytes (unsigned . **Usual tips to uncorrupt a PNG** It's worth a look. Typically, each CTF has its flag format such as HTB{flag}. It seems to have suffered EOL conversion. Example of searching for the PNG magic bytes in a PNG file: The advantage of hexdump is not that it is the best hex-editor (it's not), but that you can pipe output of other commands directly into hexdump, and/or pipe its output to grep, or format its output using format strings. The challenges you encounter may not be as straight forward as the examples in this article. chunk sRGB at offset 0x00025, length 1 Corrupted jpeg/jpg, gif, tiff, bmp, png or raw images are files that suddenly become unusable and can't be opened. IDAT chunks must be consecutive: So we can search for the next IDAT chunk (if it exists) and calculate the difference. Broadly speaking, there are two generations of Office file format: the OLE formats (file extensions like RTF, DOC, XLS, PPT), and the "Office Open XML" formats (file extensions that include DOCX, XLSX, PPTX). There are many Base64 encoder/decoders online, or you can use the base64 command: ASCII-encoded hexadecimal is also identifiable by its charset (0-9, A-F). Run pngcheck -vtp7f filename.png to view all info. ::: ## Flag Also, the creator of the challenge give you a hint with the two last letters. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Once again, a Python toolset exists for the examination and analysis of OLE and OOXML documents: oletools. Plus it will highlight file transfers and show you any "suspicious" activity. PNG files can be dissected in Wireshark. PNG files, in particular, are popular in CTF challenges, probably for their lossless compression suitable for hiding non-visual data in the image. Just as "file carving" refers to the identification and extraction of files embedded within files, "packet carving" is a term sometimes used to describe the extraction of files from a packet capture. Creator: 2phi, SharkyCTF 2020 - [Forensic] Pain In The Ass (200pts) On October 14th and 15th 2022 we participated in the Reply Cyber Security Challenge 2022. ## Hint Run the following command to install binwalk. The other data needed to display the image (IHDR chunk) is determined via heuristics. Also, network (packet capture) forensics is more about metadata analysis than content analysis, as most network sessions are TLS-encrypted between endpoints now. Description The flag is **picoCTF{c0rrupt10n_1847995}** For initial analysis, take a high-level view of the packets with Wireshark's statistics or conversations view, or its capinfos command. A summary of the PNG compression algorithm in layman's terms including 7 tips for reducing the file size. At first, I analyzed the png file using binwalk command and was able to extract the base 64 string which converted as another file image (base64 to image/file conversion). ## Statement of the challenge https://mega.nz/#!aKwGFARR!rS60DdUh8-jHMac572TSsdsANClqEsl9PD2sGl-SyDk, you can also use bless command to edit the header or hexeditor, check the header format has the hint says and edit the header format After that try to open the file and see what goes on, After that you can use the gif speed control online and slow the speed of the encoded message and finally your get the message but being encoded, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Gifs_in_txt_and_hex.gif To verify the correctness or attempt to repair corrupted PNGs you can use pngcheck I copy pasted it here : Use Git or checkout with SVN using the web URL. Look at man strings for more details. Most CTF challenges are contained in a zip, 7z, rar, tar or tgz file, but only in a forensics challenge will the archive container file be a part of the challenge itself. ### Correcting the IHDR chunk Written by Maltemo, member of team SinHack Gimp is also good for confirming whether something really is an image file: for instance, when you believe you have recovered image data from a display buffer in a memory dump or elsewhere, but you lack the image file header that specifies pixel format, image height and width and so on. Triage, in computer forensics, refers to the ability to quickly narrow down what to look at. [](https://i.imgur.com/baF6Iul.png) Then, the challenge says "you will have to dig deeper", so I analyzed the new image that I obtain but was not able to analyze it further. Statement Video file formats are really container formats, that contain separate streams of both audio and video that are multiplexed together for playback. There are a handful of command-line tools for zip files that will be useful to know about. 2017PlaidCTF DefConCTF . sign in Dig deeper to find what was hidden! Given a challenge file, if we suspect steganography, we must do at least a little guessing to check if it's present. So, we just need to override 0xAAAA with zeroes again. We received this PNG file, but were a bit concerned the transmission may have not quite been perfect. Par exemple, si l'artiste s'appelle Foo BAR, alors le flag serait APRK{f100629727ce6a2c99c4bb9d6992e6275983dc7f}. |Hexa Values|Ascii Translation| There are 2 categories of posts, only the first is available, get access to the posts on the flag category to retrieve the flag. chunk IDAT at offset 0x00057, length 65445 Writing or reading a file in binary mode: The bytearray type is a mutable sequence of bytes, and is available in both Python 2 and 3: You can also define a bytearray from hexidecimal representation Unicode strings: The bytearray type has most of the same convenient methods as a Python str or list: split(), insert(), reverse(), extend(), pop(), remove(), etc. ``` pngcheck -v mystery_solved_v1.png The second byte is the "delta X" value - that is, it measures horizontal mouse movement, with left being negative. PNGPythonGUIPySimpleGUICTFerCTFpng10. A typical VBA macro in an Office document, on Windows, will download a PowerShell script to %TEMP% and attempt to execute it, in which case you now have a PowerShell script analysis task too. Many other tools that try to repair corrupted PNG images use only very simple mechanisms to recover the image data, so unfortunately they often fail. Running the file command reveals the following: mrkmety@kali:~$ file solitaire.exe solitaire.exe: PNG image data, 640 x 449, 8-bit/color RGBA, non-interlaced. The file command shows that this is a PNG file and not a JPG. Beyond that, you can try tcpxtract, Network Miner, Foremost, or Snort. Of course, if you just need to decode one QR code, any smartphone will do. File is CORRUPTED. Work fast with our official CLI. Zip is the most common in the real world, and the most common in CTFs. rendering intent = perceptual MacOS is not a bad environment to substitute for Linux, if you can accept that some open-source tools may not install or compile correctly. Creator: 2phi. Then it would be nice to share it with others. chunk IDAT at offset 0x00057, length 65445, zlib: deflated, 32K window, fast compression, chunk IDAT at offset 0x10008, length 65524, chunk IDAT at offset 0x20008, length 65524, chunk IDAT at offset 0x30008, length 6304. A note about PCAP vs PCAPNG: there are two versions of the PCAP file format; PCAPNG is newer and not supported by all tools. We use -n 7 for strings of length 7+, and -t x to view- their position in the file. magick identify is a tool from ImageMagick. SharkyCTF 2020 - [Web] Containment Forever (300pts) byte 2: X movement. Many Git commands accept both tag and branch names, so creating this branch may cause unexpected behavior. Flags may be embedded anywhere in the file. By default, it only checks headers of the file for better performance. 00000080: b7 c1 0d 70 03 74 b5 03 ae 41 6b f8 be a8 fb dc p.tAk.. 00000090: 3e 7d 2a 22 33 6f de 5b 55 dd 3d 3d f9 20 91 88 >}*"3o.[U.==. So I corrected it with `bless` hexa editor. Please help me. exiftool queen.png ExifTool Version Number : 12.32 File Name : queen.png Directory : . AperiCTF 2019 - [OSINT] Hey DJ (175 points) ); to list the color and transparency info . To display the structure of a PDF, you can either browse it with a text editor, or open it with a PDF-aware file-format editor like Origami. Sox is another useful command-line tool for converting and manipulating audio files. The third byte is "delta Y", with down (toward the user) being negative. |-|-| Steganography could be implemented using any kind of data as the "cover text," but media file formats are ideal because they tolerate a certain amount of unnoticeable data loss (the same characteristic that makes lossy compression schemes possible). CTF PNG Critical Chunk Size Fixer This is a tool I created intended to be used in forensics challenges for CTFs where you are given a corrupted PNG file. **| I H D R. Now file recognizes successfully that the file is a PNG $ file Challenge Challenge: PNG image data, 1920 x 1289, 8-bit/color RGB, interlaced I still wasn't able to read it. You will need to learn to quickly locate documentation and tools for unfamiliar formats. Many file formats are well-described in the public documentation you can find with a web search, but having some familiarity with the file format specifications will also help, so we include links to those here. ## TL;DR Like image file formats, audio and video file trickery is a common theme in CTF forensics challenges not because hacking or data hiding ever happens this way in the real world, but just because audio and video is fun. ```sh Files-within-files is a common trope in forensics CTF challenges, and also in embedded systems' firmware where primitive or flat filesystems are common. The easy initial analysis step is to check an image file's metadata fields with exiftool. Let's see if that fixes the checksum: That fixed the problem, we remain with a "invalid chunk length (too large)" message. containment-forever.sharkyctf.xyz, SharkyCTF 2020 - [Forensic] Romance Dawn (100pts) For some reason, I thought the 1 was an l at first! Thank you javier. Changing the extension to .png will allow you to further interact with the file. This error indicates that the checksum of pHYs chunk isn't right, so let's change it :smiley: ! .. 00000000: 89 50 4e 47 0d 0a 1a 0a 00 00 00 0d 43 22 44 52 .PNG..C"DR, 00000000: 89 50 4e 47 0d 0a 1a 0a 00 00 00 0d 49 48 44 52 .PNG..IHDR, fixed.png: PNG image data, 1642 x 1095, 8-bit/color RGB, non-interlaced, 1642 x 1095 image, 24-bit RGB, non-interlaced, chunk gAMA at offset 0x00032, length 4: 0.45455, chunk pHYs at offset 0x00042, length 9: 2852132389x5669 pixels/meter, CRC error in chunk pHYs (computed 38d82c82, expected 495224f0), 00000040: 00 09 70 48 59 73 00 00 16 25 00 00 16 25 01 49 ..pHYs%%.I, chunk pHYs at offset 0x00042, length 9: 5669x5669 pixels/meter (144 dpi), 00000053: aa aa ff a5 ab 44 45 54 ..DET, DECIMAL HEXADECIMAL DESCRIPTION, --------------------------------------------------------------------------------, 87 0x57 Raw signature (IDAT), 65544 0x10008 Raw signature (IDAT), 131080 0x20008 Raw signature (IDAT), 196616 0x30008 Raw signature (IDAT). 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