The writeup will be relatively short as the challenge was quite easy to solve!
Files ready.exe
Solution: Analyzing the binary with DIE yielded a UPX 3.96 packed binary. Image not found! So the first thing I did was upx -d ready.exe, which would have been correct if it werenβt for the author confirming it themselves that the unpacking broke the binary (I discovered this only after the CTF ended) During the CTF I noticed that the binary broke, and I did not trust the static analysis of it apart from some more info on symbols, albeit being broken.
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