130  identification

After un-compressing the challenge file Find The Easy Pass.zip, we can find a file named EasyPass.exe inside it.

We using rz-bin to identify the executable file.

C:\Users\User\Desktop\htb>rz-bin -I EasyPass.exe
arch     x86
baddr    0x400000
binsz    402432
bintype  pe
bits     32
canary   false
retguard false
class    PE32
cmp.csum 0x00063785
compiled Fri Jun 19 15:22:17 1992
crypto   false
endian   little
havecode true
hdr.csum 0x00000000
laddr    0x0
lang     c
linenum  true
lsyms    true
machine  i386
maxopsz  16
minopsz  1
nx       false
os       windows
overlay  false
cc       cdecl
pcalign  0
pic      false
relocs   false
signed   false
sanitiz  false
static   false
stripped false
subsys   Windows GUI
va       true

That’s interesting, EasyPass.exe is an x86 program, it’s a GUI program.

Now, we will run the program to have some better idea on what it’s doing.

identification-run-program

We click on the Check Password

identification-error-message-printed

Interesting, let’s search for Wrong Password! in the executable.

C:\Users\User\Desktop\htb>rz-bin -iz EasyPass.exe | findstr /I Wrong

C:\Users\User\Desktop\htb>

We’re unlucky but don’t panic, we will launch a more thorough research:

C:\Users\User\Desktop\htb>rz-bin -izz EasyPass.exe | findstr /I Wrong
5483 0x00053600 0x00454200 15  16   CODE    ascii   Wrong Password!

The “Wrong Password!” string is located at 0x00454200 in the CODE section.

rizin tips: The first search (-iz) works on some flag spaces but not on the whole file, while the second command (-izz) is more exhaustive.