You may see a series of files named after game characters (e.g., bernard.txt , razor.txt ) or a single large file named flag.txt . Often, the file is password protected (Standard ZIP encryption). 3. Password Recovery (Brute Force)
If the password is found, use it to unzip the file: unzip -P [password] maniac.mansion.zip . 4. File Analysis & Flag Retrieval File: maniac.mansion.zip ...
zipinfo maniac.mansion.zip or lsar maniac.mansion.zip You may see a series of files named after game characters (e
grep -r "FLAG{" . (This searches all extracted files for the standard flag format). 5. Final Solution Flag Found: FLAG{W3lc0m3_T0_Th3_M4ns10n_1987} (Example) Password Recovery (Brute Force) If the password is
The zip contains another zip, which contains another, and so on. A recursive script is required to reach the final layer.
If the archive is locked, the next step is to crack the password. Common CTF passwords for this specific file are often related to the game's lore (e.g., "edison", "meteor", "ron-gilbert"). John the Ripper or hashcat Extraction: zip2john maniac.mansion.zip > hash.txt john --wordlist=/usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt hash.txt