ctf-misc

Name: ctf-misc
Author: ljagiello

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How to install ctf-misc?

ljagiello/ctf-skills/ctf-misc

$npx -y skills add ljagiello/ctf-skills --skill ctf-misc

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Summary

Provides miscellaneous CTF challenge techniques for problems that do not cleanly fit the main categories. Use for encoding puzzles, pyjails, bash jails, RF/SDR, DNS oddities, unicode tricks, esoteric languages, QR or audio puzzles, constraint solving, game theory, unusual sandbox

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SKILL.md

1	# CTF Miscellaneous
2
3	Quick reference for miscellaneous CTF challenges. Each technique has a one-liner here; see supporting files for full details.
4
5	## Prerequisites
6
7	Python packages (all platforms):
8	```bash
9	pip install z3-solver pwntools Pillow numpy requests dnslib
10	```
11
12	Linux (apt):
13	```bash
14	apt install ffmpeg qrencode
15	```
16
17	macOS (Homebrew):
18	```bash
19	brew install ffmpeg qrencode
20	```
21
22	Manual install:
23	- SageMath — Linux: `apt install sagemath`, macOS: `brew install --cask sage`
24
25	## Additional Resources
26
27	- [pyjails.md](pyjails.md) - Python jail/sandbox escape techniques, quine context detection, restricted character repunit decomposition, func_globals module chain traversal, restricted charset number generation, class attribute persistence, f-string config injection via stored eval
28	- [bashjails.md](bashjails.md) - Bash jail/restricted shell escape techniques, HISTFILE file read trick, bash -v verbose mode, ctypes.sh direct C library calls
29	- [encodings.md](encodings.md) - Encodings, QR codes, esolangs, UTF-16 tricks, BCD encoding, multi-layer auto-decoding, indexed directory QR reassembly, multi-stage URL encoding chains
30	- [encodings-advanced.md](encodings-advanced.md) - Verilog/HDL, Gray code cyclic encoding, RTF custom tag extraction, SMS PDU decoding, multi-encoding sequential solvers, UTF-9, pixel binary encoding, hexadecimal Sudoku + QR assembly, TOPKEK, MaxiCode
31	- [rf-sdr.md](rf-sdr.md) - RF/SDR/IQ signal processing (QAM-16, carrier recovery, timing sync)
32	- [dns.md](dns.md) - DNS exploitation (ECS spoofing, NSEC walking, IXFR, rebinding, tunneling)
33	- [games-and-vms.md](games-and-vms.md) - WASM patching, Roblox place file reversing, PyInstaller, marshal analysis, Python env RCE, Z3 (including boolean logic gate network SAT solving), K8s RBAC, floating-point precision exploitation, custom assembly language sandbox escape via Python MRO chain
34	- [games-and-vms-2.md](games-and-vms-2.md) - Cookie checkpoint game brute-forcing, Flask cookie game state leakage, WebSocket game manipulation, server time-only validation bypass, De Bruijn sequence, Brainfuck instrumentation, WASM linear memory manipulation
35	- [games-and-vms-3.md](games-and-vms-3.md) - memfd_create packed binaries, multi-phase crypto games with HMAC commitment-reveal and GF(256) Nim, emulator ROM-switching state preservation, Python marshal code injection, Benford's Law bypass, parallel connection oracle relay, nonogram solver pipelines, 100 prisoners problem, C code jail escape via emoji identifiers, BuildKit daemon build secret exploitation, Docker container escape, Levenshtein distance oracle attack, taint analysis bypass via type coercion, shredded document pixel-edge reassembly
36	- [games-and-vms-4.md](games-and-vms-4.md) - Part 4 (2018-era): XSLT as Turing-complete VM, JavaScript MAX_SAFE_INTEGER successor equality, binary search oracle in comparison-only DSL, blind SQLi via script-engine timeout error, OEIS sequence lookup automation, QR code reassembly from format-string constraints, matrix exponentiation for Fibonacci recurrence, Tribonacci for frog-jump counting, Selenium + Tesseract dynamic CAPTCHA, Brainfuck→Piet multi-layer polyglot, bytebeat synth code recognition
37	- [linux-privesc.md](linux-privesc.md) - Sudo wildcard parameter injection (fnmatch), crafted pcap for sudoers.d, monit confcheck process injection, Apache -d override, backup cronjob SUID, PostgreSQL COPY TO PROGRAM RCE, PostgreSQL backup credential extraction, NFS share exploitation, SSH Unix socket tunneling, PaperCut Print Deploy privesc, Squid proxy pivoting, Zabbix admin password reset via MySQL, WinSSHTerm credential decryption
38	- [ctfd-navigation.md](ctfd-navigation.md) - CTFd platform API navigation without browser: detection, token auth, challenge listing, file download, flag submission, scoreboard, hints, notifications, Python client class
39
40	---
41
42	## When to Pivot
43
44	- If the puzzle is actually centered on cryptography or number theory, switch to `/ctf-crypto`.
45	- If the challenge is a real binary exploit instead of a jail, toy VM, or encoding problem, switch to `/ctf-pwn` or `/ctf-reverse`.
46	- If the input is mostly files, im

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How to install ctf-misc?

ljagiello/ctf-skills/ctf-misc

$npx -y skills add ljagiello/ctf-skills --skill ctf-misc

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Files · 1

View on GitHub

SKILL.md

1	# CTF Miscellaneous
2
3	Quick reference for miscellaneous CTF challenges. Each technique has a one-liner here; see supporting files for full details.
4
5	## Prerequisites
6
7	Python packages (all platforms):
8	```bash
9	pip install z3-solver pwntools Pillow numpy requests dnslib
10	```
11
12	Linux (apt):
13	```bash
14	apt install ffmpeg qrencode
15	```
16
17	macOS (Homebrew):
18	```bash
19	brew install ffmpeg qrencode
20	```
21
22	Manual install:
23	- SageMath — Linux: `apt install sagemath`, macOS: `brew install --cask sage`
24
25	## Additional Resources
26
27	- [pyjails.md](pyjails.md) - Python jail/sandbox escape techniques, quine context detection, restricted character repunit decomposition, func_globals module chain traversal, restricted charset number generation, class attribute persistence, f-string config injection via stored eval
28	- [bashjails.md](bashjails.md) - Bash jail/restricted shell escape techniques, HISTFILE file read trick, bash -v verbose mode, ctypes.sh direct C library calls
29	- [encodings.md](encodings.md) - Encodings, QR codes, esolangs, UTF-16 tricks, BCD encoding, multi-layer auto-decoding, indexed directory QR reassembly, multi-stage URL encoding chains
30	- [encodings-advanced.md](encodings-advanced.md) - Verilog/HDL, Gray code cyclic encoding, RTF custom tag extraction, SMS PDU decoding, multi-encoding sequential solvers, UTF-9, pixel binary encoding, hexadecimal Sudoku + QR assembly, TOPKEK, MaxiCode
31	- [rf-sdr.md](rf-sdr.md) - RF/SDR/IQ signal processing (QAM-16, carrier recovery, timing sync)
32	- [dns.md](dns.md) - DNS exploitation (ECS spoofing, NSEC walking, IXFR, rebinding, tunneling)
33	- [games-and-vms.md](games-and-vms.md) - WASM patching, Roblox place file reversing, PyInstaller, marshal analysis, Python env RCE, Z3 (including boolean logic gate network SAT solving), K8s RBAC, floating-point precision exploitation, custom assembly language sandbox escape via Python MRO chain
34	- [games-and-vms-2.md](games-and-vms-2.md) - Cookie checkpoint game brute-forcing, Flask cookie game state leakage, WebSocket game manipulation, server time-only validation bypass, De Bruijn sequence, Brainfuck instrumentation, WASM linear memory manipulation
35	- [games-and-vms-3.md](games-and-vms-3.md) - memfd_create packed binaries, multi-phase crypto games with HMAC commitment-reveal and GF(256) Nim, emulator ROM-switching state preservation, Python marshal code injection, Benford's Law bypass, parallel connection oracle relay, nonogram solver pipelines, 100 prisoners problem, C code jail escape via emoji identifiers, BuildKit daemon build secret exploitation, Docker container escape, Levenshtein distance oracle attack, taint analysis bypass via type coercion, shredded document pixel-edge reassembly
36	- [games-and-vms-4.md](games-and-vms-4.md) - Part 4 (2018-era): XSLT as Turing-complete VM, JavaScript MAX_SAFE_INTEGER successor equality, binary search oracle in comparison-only DSL, blind SQLi via script-engine timeout error, OEIS sequence lookup automation, QR code reassembly from format-string constraints, matrix exponentiation for Fibonacci recurrence, Tribonacci for frog-jump counting, Selenium + Tesseract dynamic CAPTCHA, Brainfuck→Piet multi-layer polyglot, bytebeat synth code recognition
37	- [linux-privesc.md](linux-privesc.md) - Sudo wildcard parameter injection (fnmatch), crafted pcap for sudoers.d, monit confcheck process injection, Apache -d override, backup cronjob SUID, PostgreSQL COPY TO PROGRAM RCE, PostgreSQL backup credential extraction, NFS share exploitation, SSH Unix socket tunneling, PaperCut Print Deploy privesc, Squid proxy pivoting, Zabbix admin password reset via MySQL, WinSSHTerm credential decryption
38	- [ctfd-navigation.md](ctfd-navigation.md) - CTFd platform API navigation without browser: detection, token auth, challenge listing, file download, flag submission, scoreboard, hints, notifications, Python client class
39
40	---
41
42	## When to Pivot
43
44	- If the puzzle is actually centered on cryptography or number theory, switch to `/ctf-crypto`.
45	- If the challenge is a real binary exploit instead of a jail, toy VM, or encoding problem, switch to `/ctf-pwn` or `/ctf-reverse`.
46	- If the input is mostly files, im

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