Pixel Secrets


The statement

Decode the hidden message embedded in this image. Use steganographic techniques to uncover the flag that lies beneath the pixels!

Solution

Should be pretty self explanatory. Classic steganography bruteforce.

$_ docker run –rm -it -v ‘$(pwd):/steg’ rickdejager/stegseek steg1.jpg password.txt

Unable to find image ‘rickdejager/stegseek:latest’ locally latest: Pulling from rickdejager/stegseek a70d879fa598: Pull complete c4394a92d1f8: Pull complete 10e6159c56c0: Pull complete 2a9284816e0c: Pull complete da918f5114c3: Pull complete 172662ab993b: Pull complete Digest: sha256:a3c6a82d5b7dd94dc49098c5080a70da8103b7ed3b3718423b3a70d4b43c9a8a Status: Downloaded newer image for rickdejager/stegseek:latest StegSeek 0.6 - https://github.com/RickdeJager/StegSeek

[i] Found passphrase: “ej,;m=;$IL}@” [i] Original filename: “flag.txt”. [i] Extracting to “steg1.jpg.out”.

$_ cat steg1.jpg.out

root@localhost{H1dd3n_M3ss4g3_F0und}

Flag: root@localhost{H1dd3n_M3ss4g3_F0und}