129 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.

We click on the Check Password

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.