Aptitude Test
17th April 2024
Prepared By: ir0nstone
Challenge Author(s): ir0nstone
Difficulty: Very Easy
Classification: Official
Aptitude Test is a Very Easy misc challenge that simply requires a user to connect to a terminal via nc and answer a series of questions to receive the flag.
Before the team sets off, it's time to take the Aptitude Test. The test is designed to assign members their most "natural" role, providing the hierarchy and power dynamic required to run such a dangerous mission successfully. Mistakes are costly. Tread wisely.
- Basic Linux Command Line knowledge
- Interactive with sockets using
nc
We can connect to the socket using nc:
We are given a scenario and a series of choices.
Inputting one of A, B, C or D (or their lowercase variants) answers the question and brings up another. An initial idea may be to script it, but there are only 10 questions. Once we answer them all (we can send A for every single one), we get back our role - as well as the flag:
