droids3

Problem

Find the pass, get the flag. Check out this file. You can also find the file in /problems/droids3_0_b475775d8018b2a030a38c40e3b0e25c.

• APK File

Solution

1. Use JADX to decompile and look around in a GUI. Launch jadx-gui and open three.apk
2. The FlagstaffHill class (contains getFlag() function) is as follows:

    public class FlagstaffHill {
        public static native String cilantro(String str);
   
        public static String nope(String input) {
            return "don't wanna";
        }
   
        public static String yep(String input) {
            return cilantro(input);
        }
   
        public static String getFlag(String input, Context ctx) {
            return nope(input);
        }
    }

   We can see that getFlag() calls nope(). yep() is never called. The yep() function most likely returns the flag.

3. Run apktool d three.apk --no-res to decompile without resources (decompiling resources was causing build errors).

4. Edit three/smali/com/hellocmu/picoctf/FlagstaffHill.smali: Change invoke-static {p0}, Lcom/hellocmu/picoctf/FlagstaffHill;->nope(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String; to invoke-static {p0}, Lcom/hellocmu/picoctf/FlagstaffHill;->yep(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;

5. Rebuild the application: apktool b three -o recompiled/recompiled_three.apk

6. Use patrickfav/uber-apk-signer latest release to sign the app:

    wget https://github.com/patrickfav/uber-apk-signer/releases/download/v1.1.0/uber-apk-signer-1.1.0.jar
    java -jar uber-apk-signer-1.1.0.jar --apks recompiled

   This produces the recompiled_three-aligned-debugSigned.apk file, which can be installed.

7. Start an AVD in Android Studio. Install the app by dragging the APK to the emulator. Enter any password and click the button to get the flag.

Flag

picoCTF{tis.but.a.scratch}