PicoCTF2018 - Forensics - Truly an Artist

PicoCTF2018 - Forensics - Truly an Artist

Objective:

Can you help us find the flag in this Meta-Material [1] ? You can also find the file in /problems/truly-an-artist_0_4f3e3848bbbfc5cfcfa404bd18b8ac96.


Solution:

found the password in the exif data using exiftool

@kali:~/Downloads$ exiftool 2018.png
ExifTool Version Number         : 11.65
File Name                       : 2018.png
Directory                       : .
File Size                       : 13 kB
File Modification Date/Time     : 2019:09:24 11:22:57-07:00
File Access Date/Time           : 2019:09:24 11:23:36-07:00
File Inode Change Date/Time     : 2019:09:24 11:22:59-07:00
File Permissions                : rw-r--r--
File Type                       : PNG
File Type Extension             : png
MIME Type                       : image/png
Image Width                     : 1200
Image Height                    : 630
Bit Depth                       : 8
Color Type                      : RGB
Compression                     : Deflate/Inflate
Filter                          : Adaptive
Interlace                       : Noninterlaced
Warning                         : [minor] Text chunk(s) found after PNG IDAT (may be ignored by some readers)
Artist                          : picoCTF{look_in_image_788a182e}
Image Size                      : 1200x630
Megapixels                      : 0.756











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