fixme2.py

fixme2.py

Tags: General Skills, Python
Author: LT 'syreal' Jones

Description

Fix the syntax error in the Python script to print the flag.
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Hints

1. Are equality and assignment the same symbol?
2. To view the file in the webshell, do: $ nano fixme2.py
3. To exit nano, press Ctrl and x and follow the on-screen prompts.
4. The str_xor function does not need to be reverse engineered for this challenge.

Approach

The first hint gives us a good idea of what we're looking for. Equality checks in Python use == while assignments use =. After scanning the code, we see line 22 and the comment above it saying # Check that flag is not empty. if flag = "" will make the flag equal to "" thus making a tauntology. To fix this, we use == instead of = and the resulting code is here.

Flag

picoCTF{3qu4l1ty_n0t_4551gnm3nt_b4d595d9}