Isaimini.6 [cracked] -

# Build the payload win_addr = elf.symbols['win'] # 0x401b10 payload = b"" payload += asm(p64(win_addr)) # MOV r1, win (will be replaced below)

uint64_t regs[16]; // r0 … r15 uint64_t pc; // program counter (index into insts[]) All registers are initialised to 0 . The register file is stored in the .bss section at a fixed address (e.g., 0x00602000 ). | Opcode (hex) | Mnemonic | Operands | Description | |--------------|----------|----------|-------------| | 0x01 | MOV Rdst, imm | dst (4 bits) , imm (8 bytes) | regs[dst] = imm | | 0x02 | ADD Rdst, Rsrc | dst (4) , src (4) | regs[dst] += regs[src] | | 0x03 | SUB Rdst, Rsrc | same as ADD | subtraction | | 0x04 | LD Rdst, [Rsrc] | dst (4) , src (4) | regs[dst] = *(uint64_t*)regs[src] | | 0x05 | ST [Rdst], Rsrc | dst (4) , src (4) | *(uint64_t*)regs[dst] = regs[src] | | 0x06 | JMP imm | imm (8 bytes) | pc = imm | | 0x07 | JEQ Rsrc, Rdst, imm | src (4) , dst (4) , imm (8) | if(regs[src]==regs[dst]) pc = imm | | 0x08 | NOP | – | no‑op | | 0x09 | HLT | – | terminate execution (calls puts("Success!") if regs[0]==0xdeadbeef ) | isaimini.6

void win(void) puts("Success!"); // In the real challenge this prints the flag, e.g. // system("/bin/cat flag.txt"); # Build the payload win_addr = elf

# Send payload p = process(binary) p.send(payload) print(p.recvall().decode()) Running this script prints the flag (or “Success!”). | Technique | Why it mattered | |-----------|-----------------| | Static analysis of a stripped binary | Ghidra’s decompiler can // system("/bin/cat flag

regs[0] -> 0x00602000 regs[1] -> 0x00602008 ... regs[15] -> 0x00602078 regs[16] -> 0x00602080 <-- this is exactly the address of `callback` Therefore, a overwrites callback with the address of win .

Category : Reverse Engineering / Binary Exploitation Difficulty : Medium – Hard (depending on your familiarity with custom byte‑code interpreters) Points : 425 (CTF‑2024) 1. Challenge Overview The challenge provides a single 64‑bit ELF binary called isaimini.6 and a small text file named input.txt (optional). The binary is an interpreter for a tiny “ISA‑mini” instruction set (the name comes from the challenge author’s earlier “isa‑mini” series).