Rating: 5.0
# Still Cruisin'
## Description
I want to join the Beach Boys, but they seem to keep everything locked down pretty tight. Can you help me get in?
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oP_YHamhh9X9ewjwLMSxb6-7cX0BjTLe?usp=sharing
## Solution
Both files are password protected, let's try to crack it with john
```console
$ ./pdf2john.pl production_notes.pdf > hash
$ ./john --wordlist=rockyou.txt hash
$ ./john --wordlist=rockyou.txt hash
Using default input encoding: UTF-8
Loaded 1 password hash (PDF [MD5 SHA2 RC4/AES 32/64])
Cost 1 (revision) is 6 for all loaded hashes
Will run 8 OpenMP threads
Press 'q' or Ctrl-C to abort, almost any other key for status
tropical! (production_notes.pdf)
1g 0:00:01:14 DONE (2022-03-06 01:49) 0.01333g/s 4407p/s 4407c/s 4407C/s twinny1..triplep
Use the "--show --format=PDF" options to display all of the cracked passwords reliably
Session completed
```
And here is it the password `tropical!`
In the PDF file we found this
![](2022-03-06-01-55-26.png)
From `base64` => `1988_2_08_t5-sc_tbb`
Inside the `ZIP` we can found `sticky_note.txt`, and inside this file there is the computer's password (`groovy88`)
Let's mount the `vmdk` with VMware and login using the password
I don't know if this was intentional, but searching for the `UMDCTF` give us the flag
![](IMG.png)
#### **FLAG >>** `UMDCTF{7h3r3'5_4_pl4c3_c4ll3d_k0k0m0}`