import java.math.BigInteger; import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets; import java.security.MessageDigest; import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException; import java.time.Duration; import java.time.Instant; import java.util.*; import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentSkipListSet; import java.util.stream.Collectors; import java.util.stream.IntStream; import java.util.stream.Stream; /** * Run this code with provided arguments. * * @author Georgiy Korneev (kgeorgiy@kgeorgiy.info) */ @SuppressWarnings("all") public final class RunMe { private RunMe() { // Utility class } public static void main(final String[] args) { final byte[] password = parseArgs(args); flag0(password); System.out.println("The first flag was low-hanging fruit, can you find others?"); System.out.println("Try to read, understand and modify code in flagX(...) functions"); flag1(password); flag2(password); flag3(password); flag4(password); flag5(password); flag6(password); flag7(password); flag8(password); flag9(password); flag10(password); flag12(password); flag13(password); flag14(password); flag15(password); flag16(password); flag17(password); flag18(password); flag19(password); flag20(password); } private static void flag0(final byte[] password) { // The result of print(...) function depends only on explicit arguments print(0, 0, password); } private static void flag1(final byte[] password) { while ("true".length() == 4) { } print(1, -5204358702485720348L, password); } private static void flag2(final byte[] password) { int result = 0; for (int i = 0; i < 300_000; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < 300_000; j++) { for (int k = 0; k < 300_000; k++) { result ^= (i * 7) | (j + k); result ^= result << 1; } } } print(2, -3458723408232943523L, password); } private static void flag3(final byte[] password) { int result = 0; for (int i = 0; i < 2025; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < 2025; j++) { for (int k = 0; k < 2025; k++) { for (int p = 0; p < 12; p++) { result ^= (i * 17) | (j + k * 7) & ~p; result ^= result << 1; } } } } print(3, result, password); } private static void flag4(final byte[] password) { final long target = 8504327508437503432L + getInt(password); for (long i = 0; i < Long.MAX_VALUE; i++) { if ((i ^ (i >>> 32)) == target) { print(4, i, password); } } } /* package-private */ static final long PRIME = 2025_2025_07; private static void flag5(final byte[] password) { final long n = 1_000_000_000_000_000L + getInt(password); long result = 0; for (long i = 0; i < n; i++) { result = (result + i / 3 + i / 5 + i / 7 + i / 2025) % PRIME; } print(5, result, password); } private static void flag6(final byte[] password) { /*** \u002a\u002f\u0077\u0068\u0069\u006c\u0065\u0020\u0028\u0022\u0031\u0022 \u002e\u006c\u0065\u006e\u0067\u0074\u0068\u0028\u0029\u0020\u003d\u003d \u0020\u0031\u0029\u003b\u0020\u0020\u006c\u006f\u006e\u0067\u0020\u0009 \u0020\u0020\u0072\u0065\u0073\u0075\u006c\u0074\u0020\u003d\u0020\u000a \u0035\u0037\u0034\u0038\u0035\u0037\u0030\u0032\u0034\u0038\u0033\u004c \u002b\u0070\u0061\u0073\u0073\u0077\u006f\u0072\u0064\u005b\u0035\u005d \u002b\u0070\u0061\u0073\u0073\u0077\u006f\u0072\u0064\u005b\u0032\u005d \u003b\u002f\u002a ***/ print(6, result, password); } private static void flag7(final byte[] password) { // Count the number of occurrences of the most frequent noun at the following page: // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se21/html/jls-14.html // The singular form of the most frequent noun final String singular = ""; // The plural form of the most frequent noun final String plural = ""; // The total number of occurrences final int total = 0; if (total != 0) { print(7, (singular + ":" + plural + ":" + total).hashCode(), password); } } private static void flag8(final byte[] password) { // Count the number of bluish (#5984A1) pixels of this image: // https://dev.java/assets/images/java-affinity-logo-icode-lg.png final int number = 0; if (number != 0) { print(8, number, password); } } private static final String PATTERN = "Reading the documentation can be surprisingly helpful!"; private static final int SMALL_REPEAT_COUNT = 10_000_000; private static void flag9(final byte[] password) { String repeated = ""; for (int i = 0; i < SMALL_REPEAT_COUNT; i++) { repeated += PATTERN; } print(9, repeated.hashCode(), password); } private static final long LARGE_REPEAT_SHIFT = 29; private static final long LARGE_REPEAT_COUNT = 1L << LARGE_REPEAT_SHIFT; private static void flag10(final byte[] password) { String repeated = ""; for (long i = 0; i < LARGE_REPEAT_COUNT; i++) { repeated += PATTERN; } print(10, repeated.hashCode(), password); } private static void flag11(final byte[] password) { print(11, 5823470598324780581L, password); } private static void flag12(final byte[] password) { final BigInteger year = BigInteger.valueOf(-2025); final BigInteger term = BigInteger.valueOf(PRIME + Math.abs(getInt(password)) % PRIME); final long result = Stream.iterate(BigInteger.ZERO, BigInteger.ONE::add) .filter(i -> year.multiply(i).add(term).multiply(i).compareTo(BigInteger.TEN) > 0) .mapToLong(i -> i.longValue() * password[i.intValue() % password.length]) .sum(); print(12, result, password); } private static final long MAX_DEPTH = 100_000_000L; private static void flag13(final byte[] password) { try { flag13(password, 0, 0); } catch (final StackOverflowError e) { System.err.println("Stack overflow :(("); } } private static void flag13(final byte[] password, final long depth, final long result) { if (depth < MAX_DEPTH) { flag13(password, depth + 1, (result ^ PRIME) | (result << 2) + depth * 17); } else { print(13, result, password); } } private static void flag14(final byte[] password) { final Instant today = Instant.parse("2025-09-09T12:00:00Z"); final BigInteger hours = BigInteger.valueOf(Duration.between(Instant.EPOCH, today).toHours() + password[1] + password[3]); final long result = Stream.iterate(BigInteger.ZERO, hours::add) .reduce(BigInteger.ZERO, BigInteger::add) .longValue(); print(14, result, password); } private static void flag15(final byte[] password) { // REDACTED } private static void flag16(final byte[] password) { byte[] a = { (byte) (password[0] + password[3]), (byte) (password[1] + password[4]), (byte) (password[2] + password[5]) }; for (long i = 1_000_000_000_000_000_000L + getInt(password); i >= 0; i--) { flag16Update(a); } print(16, flag16Result(a), password); } /* package-private */ static void flag16Update(byte[] a) { a[0] ^= a[1]; a[1] -= a[2] | a[0]; a[2] *= a[0]; } /* package-private */ static int flag16Result(byte[] a) { return (a[0] + " " + a[1] + " " + a[2]).hashCode(); } /** * Original idea by Alexei Shishkin. */ private static void flag17(final byte[] password) { final int n = Math.abs(getInt(password) % 2025) + 2025; print(17, calc17(n), password); } /** * Write me *
* 0: iconst_0
* 1: istore_1
* 2: iload_1
* 3: iload_1
* 4: imul
* 5: sipush 2025
* 8: idiv
* 9: iload_0
* 10: isub
* 11: ifge 20
* 14: iinc 1, 1
* 17: goto 2
* 20: iload_1
* 21: ireturn
*
*/
private static int calc17(final int n) {
return n;
}
private static void flag18(final byte[] password) {
final int n = 2025 + getInt(password) % 2025;
// Find the number of factors of n! modulo PRIME
final int factors = 0;
if (factors != 0) {
print(18, factors, password);
}
}
private static void flag19(final byte[] password) {
// Let n = 2025e25 + abs(getInt(password)).
// Consider the sequence of numbers (n + i) ** 2.
// Instead of each number, we write the number that is obtained from it by discarding the last 25 digits.
// How many of the first numbers of the resulting sequence will form an arithmetic progression?
final long result = 0;
if (result != 0) {
print(19, result, password);
}
}
/**
* Original idea by Dmitrii Liapin.
*/
private static void flag20(final byte[] password) {
final Collection