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Bài này cho mình một file PDF như sau

Nội dung của nó là
Title: The Ultimate Guide to Flag Hunting
Welcome to the challenge!
Don’t worry, this might look like gibberish, but maybe there’s something hidden somewhere? I
spent so much time creating this PDF with care... or maybe not!
Here’s a Quick Story:
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a secret... But where could it be? Hidden
deep within the document? Maybe the text holds clues?
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante venenatis
dapibus posuere velit aliquet. Aenean lacinia bibendum nulla sed consectetur. Fusce dapibus,
tellus ac cursus commodo, tortor mauris condimentum nibh, ut fermentum massa justo sit amet
risus. Curabitur blandit tempus porttitor. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
You thought this was important? Nah, it’s just random text. Keep looking. Or maybe, just
maybe, you’re in the wrong place?
Special Hidden Section:
The author have done a great and good job
Don’t bother trying to reveal the hidden text, it’s just nonsense anyway. Even if you somehow
manage to do it, all you’ll get is:
No flag here. Nice try though!
If you're still reading this, I’ll tell you a secret: the answer might not be here after all...
Good luck! You’ll need it!
Mình sẽ đọc metadata ảnh
$ exiftool confidential.pdf
ExifTool Version Number : 13.25
File Name : confidential.pdf
Directory : .
File Size : 183 kB
File Modification Date/Time : 2025:11:03 21:45:21+07:00
File Access Date/Time : 2025:11:03 21:47:43+07:00
File Inode Change Date/Time : 2025:11:03 21:47:23+07:00
File Permissions : -rwxrwxrwx
File Type : PDF
File Type Extension : pdf
MIME Type : application/pdf
PDF Version : 1.7
Linearized : No
Page Count : 1
Producer : PyPDF2
Author : cGljb0NURntwdXp6bDNkX20zdGFkYXRhX2YwdW5kIV9lZTQ1NDk1MH0=
Thấy có một chuỗi base64 ở đây, decode xem sao
$ echo "cGljb0NURntwdXp6bDNkX20zdGFkYXRhX2YwdW5kIV9lZTQ1NDk1MH0=" | base64 -d
picoCTF{puzzl3d_m3tadata_f0und!_ee454950}
Flag
Flag: picoCTF{puzzl3d_m3tadata_f0und!_ee454950}
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