================================================================================ FICTIONAL `strings` OUTPUT — CTF Red Team Lesson 06 Command: strings -n 4 suspicious_agent NOTE: This is a simulated output for educational purposes only. ================================================================================ /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 libc.so.6 libssl.so.1.1 libcrypto.so.1.1 __gmon_start__ _ITM_deregisterTMCloneTable _ITM_registerTMCloneTable __cxa_finalize printf scanf strcmp strlen malloc free memcpy memset socket connect send recv close fork execve getenv setenv open read write fopen fclose fgets fputs SSL_CTX_new SSL_new SSL_connect SSL_write SSL_read SSL_shutdown EVP_EncryptInit_ex EVP_EncryptUpdate EVP_DecryptInit_ex GLIBC_2.2.5 GLIBC_2.14 OPENSSL_1_1_0 .symtab .strtab .shstrtab .interp .note.ABI-tag .note.gnu.build-id .gnu.hash .dynsym .dynstr .gnu.version .gnu.version_r .rela.dyn .rela.plt .init .text .fini .rodata .data .bss GCC: (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 11.4.0 === Suspicious Agent v2.7 === [*] Initializing modules... [+] Module loaded: keylogger [+] Module loaded: screen_capture [+] Module loaded: file_exfil [+] Module loaded: persistence [-] Error: Failed to establish connection [-] Error: Invalid configuration file [-] Error: Decryption key mismatch [!] Warning: Anti-debug detected [!] Warning: Sandbox environment suspected Enter access code: Access code accepted. Access code rejected. Usage: %s [options] -d Enable debug mode -c Specify config file -s Silent mode (no output) -p Specify port number -h Show this help message DEBUG: Raw key bytes = %02x%02x%02x%02x DEBUG: Decrypted config: %s DEBUG: Connection established to %s:%d /tmp/.cache/agent.pid /tmp/.cache/config.enc /var/log/.hidden_log /etc/cron.d/.persistence $HOME/.local/share/.update $HOME/.config/.session_token /proc/self/status /proc/self/maps TracerPid: /dev/null /bin/sh http://c2.example.com/beacon http://c2.example.com/upload http://c2.example.com/download http://c2.example.com/cmd ws://relay.example.com:8443/agent Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 Content-Type: application/json X-Agent-ID: %s X-Session-Token: %s {"status":"alive","hostname":"%s","user":"%s","pid":%d} {"type":"keylog","data":"%s"} {"type":"screenshot","data":"%s"} AES-256-CBC RSA-2048 HMAC-SHA256 -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- MIIBogIBAAJBALRiMLAHudeSA/x3TLO -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- %d.%d.%d.%d SELECT * FROM users WHERE id='%s' SYNT{fgevatf_ner_erirnyvat} cmd.exe /c %s /bin/bash -c '%s' powershell -enc %s reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run crontab -l | { cat; echo "*/5 * * * * %s"; } | crontab - schtasks /create /tn "WindowsUpdate" /tr "%s" /sc minute /mo 5 TF_AGENT_KEY=b4ckd00r_m4st3r EXFIL_ENDPOINT=https://drop.example.com/recv ENCRYPT_KEY=0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef CONFIG_IV=abcdef0123456789 xor_decode_buf rc4_encrypt_stream aes_cbc_decrypt_config generate_session_id anti_debug_check detect_sandbox establish_persistence cleanup_traces self_destruct [ENCODED_FLAG] Q1RGe2gxZGQzbl9pbl9wbDQxbl9zMWdodH0= supers3cretp@ssw0rd build_timestamp=2025-12-15T08:30:00Z build_host=ci-runner-07.internal ================================================================================ END OF STRINGS OUTPUT Flags to find: - ROT13-encoded flag: SYNT{fgevatf_ner_erirnyvat} Decode: FLAG{strings_are_revealing} - Base64-encoded flag: Q1RGe2gxZGQzbl9pbl9wbDQxbl9zMWdodH0= Decode: CTF{h1dd3n_in_pl41n_s1ght} - Hardcoded password: supers3cretp@ssw0rd - C2 URLs: http://c2.example.com/beacon (and others) - Hidden file paths for persistence - Anti-debug / sandbox detection strings - Embedded RSA private key fragment - SQL injection pattern ================================================================================