Skip to main content

Writeups

Various writeups from different CTFs I play, This mainly contains pwn challenges. For more challenges you can skim through my ctfs archive or go through some structured content stack, heap, browser.

2025

holy cow - pwnme25
·975 words·5 mins
V8 Hole
Introduction: # This is the writeup for the pwnmeCTF 2025 challenge called holy cow revenge². This one is going to be crisp and quick.

2024

Tallocator [bi0sCTF 2024]
·2401 words·12 mins
Bi0sctf Android Reverse_Shell
I created an Android based pwn challenge that involes exploiting a dynamic memory allocator using the webview interface.

2023

evalbox - pyjail writeup
·871 words·5 mins
Pyjail Pwn Ptr-Yudai
This was a particularly unique and well-designed PyJail challenge featured in the Asian Cyber Security Challenge. Although I solved it during the contest using an unintended method.

2021

babyROP [DiceGang CTF]
·695 words·4 mins
Csu Ret2csu Dicegang
This is a basic ROP Challenge that involves a technique called the ret2csu. We use this when there is a lack of gadgets.
Leaky Pipes [inCTFj Quals]
·1013 words·5 mins
Pwn Format String
Played InCTFj Quals this winter vacation. It was a fun filled ctf. Here we will discuss the pwn challenge called leaky pipes. Make sure to give the challenge a try before seeing this.

2020

start [pwnable.tw]
·489 words·3 mins
Pwnable.tw
Here our main objective is to get a shell. The bug is plain and simple, it is an overflow to control the return address.
ORW [pwnable.tw]
·437 words·3 mins
Pwnable.tw
This is a pretty awesome challenge! Here we will be writing assembly code in x86 to read the flag file from the server. This is one of the easier challenge in pwnable.tw which is stack based.
c4n4ry [zh3r0 CTF]
·460 words·3 mins
Canary Zh3r0
I am proud to say that my team zh3r0 hosted its first CTF.