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Race Conditions Challenge

Knock knock! Race condition. Who's there?

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180 min

3,484

User profile photo.
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To access material, start machines and answer questions login.

In the home directories of Walk, Run and  you will find a vulnerable SUID binary, the C source code and a flag. Your task is to exploit the binary to read the contents of the user's flag.

The challenges are independent of each other and can be done in whatever order you want. It is, however, recommended to start with Walk.

Please allow 3-5 minutes for the to fully start. Connect to the attached via with the following credentials:

Username: race

Password: car

Answer the questions below
What is the flag for the /home/walk/flag binary?

What is the flag for the /home/run/flag binary?

What is the flag for the /home/sprint/flag binary?