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# Misc - Persistence

Hack the Box Cyber Apocalypse CTF 2023, Persistence Misc Challenge Writeup

The challenge description says that if we request the /flag endpoint, 1 in a 1000 times it will return the flag. This was stupid easy to do with scripting.

<figure><img src="https://2826773145-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F1uhiofTFnZvCKEvs4fJk%2Fuploads%2FCqPNfTIsTVOlZNBiZeOU%2FhtbCyberApoc23_Persistance.PNG?alt=media&amp;token=cb40c52c-3906-4904-863c-116e217c4138" alt=""><figcaption><p>Simple Python script to request until it gets the flag</p></figcaption></figure>

PWNED?