HackTheBox Reversing: Impossible Password

Hello, this is a write-up regarding the HackTheBox reversing challenge: Impossible Password. Please don’t look at the solution if you haven’t attempted the challenge yet, it will ruin all the fun. Try to solve the challenge by yourself first, just put some hours into it, it isn’t that hard. I’m also a newbie at RE. Here are some hints to get you started: The function call convention of this program seems to be: System V AMD64 ABI. Debug the program in a debugger like: edb-debugger. Okay, so, let’s solve this. ...

July 14, 2018 · 3 min · Denis Nuțiu