Snyk Fetch The Flag - Screaming Crying Throwing up

This challenge consists of decrypting a binary file encrypted with scream . To do this, we can use the Scream Cipher Translator .

If we open the screaming.bin file in VSCode, we will see the following content:

a̮ăaa̋{áa̲aȧa̮ȧaa̮áa̲a̧ȧȧa̮ȧaa̲a̧aa̮ȧa̲aáa̮a̲aa̲a̮aaa̧}

However, if we use cat in the terminal (CMD, PowerShell, or Bash), we get a different result:

$ cat screaming.bin
aăaa{áaaȧaȧaaáaaȧȧaȧaaaaaȧaaáaaaaaaaa}

⚠️ Attention! ⚠️

The file content may appear different depending on the viewer used. This is crucial when analyzing the encryption to avoid confusion. 🧐

🚩 Flag

flag{edabfbafedcbbfbadcafbdaefdadfaac}