[CrackMe] BabyELF Revenge

BabyELF Revenge


Description

A BabyELF sequel since @0x00pf and @Leeky nailed it in no time (I hope this one cannot be solved the same way :sweat_smile:).


Rules

  • Make the binary display Congrats!
  • Patch more than 4 bits and you’re disqualified. Don’t patch any instruction!

Binary

base64 -d dump | gunzip > babyelf_revenge
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@Leeky and @0x00pf solved it in no time? hmmmm… I might just look into the first one aswell.

Don’t confuse difficulty with skills. Anybody who has an in-depth knowledge of the ELF can solve it in no time.

I recently began reading up on the ELF format thanks to @ricksanchez’s article. This might be a fun exercise

Thanks for the challenge mate. Pretty cool.

I believe it is actually a 2 bits patch :slight_smile:.

echo -ne “\x01” | dd of=test1 seek=$((0x308 + 0x5)) bs=1 count=1 conv=notrunc

I believe I just get home earlier than @Leeky :wink:

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The ELF wizard strikes back! :clap:

Indeed the intended patch is 2 bits but I thought I’d be really messing with someone’s creativity/mind if I were to be that precise.

Clean and elegant solution as always. I give up on trying to trick you with ELF shenanigans :raised_hands:

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Nice Crackme, I great way of learning while playing with the ELF format :slight_smile:

0804a00c 00000107 R_386_JUMP_SLOT 00000000 strcmp@GLIBC_2.0

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Thank you for the feedback! I figured code patching has already been quite overused in crackmes so why not add a twist that requires a different kind of binary mastery :wink:

Good job on solving it! :clap:

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I’m a bit sad that I didn’t found an alternative solution, but whatever. Was fun :smiley:

echo -ne “\x01” | dd of=babyelf_revenge seek=781 bs=1 count=1 conv=notrunc
with the “password” of “kek”.

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If we check the .dynsym sections again in readelf we can see that strcmp@GLIBC_2.0 is actually there but the .rel.plt section looks a bit cranky. We gotta fix that first puts Info field with the correct value. In our case there should be an Info 00000107 instead of the 00000407 :slight_smile:

Relocation section '.rel.plt' at offset 0x308 contains 5 entries:
 Offset     Info    Type            Sym.Value  Sym. Name
0804a00c  00000107 R_386_JUMP_SLOT   00000000   strcmp@GLIBC_2.0
[...]
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