[ReverseMe]Cipher

Challenge

beginner-friendly challenge particularly for those who are just starting to explore the fundamentals of programming and reverse engineering. enjoy

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To build the binary

cat foo.txt | base64 -d | gunzip > foo.elf && chmod +x foo.elf

Feel free to ask any questions or share your progress through the challenge.

References

Resources to look into.
Reverse Engineering 101 by @0x00pf
The Art Of ELF: Analysis and Exploitations | FlUxIuS' Blog
Reverse Engineering Cheat sheet

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loved your content sir :heart:

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Nice challenge… I finally got some time to try it :slight_smile:

The spoiler below contains the key. Don’t click on it if you are trying to solve the challenge

The key is: reverser (nice hint on the subject of the post)

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Well done :clap: Thanks @0x00pf for trying it!

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