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More than Meets the Eye?

More than Meets the Eye?

Description

CTF: Whitehacks 2021

Is there something here that's‌​‌​‌‌‌⁠‌​​‌​​​⁠‌‌​​‌​⁠‌‌​​​​⁠‌‌​​‌​⁠‌‌​​​​⁠‌‌‌‌​‌‌⁠‌‌‌‌​‌​⁠‌‌​​‌‌⁠‌‌‌​​‌​⁠‌‌​​​​⁠‌​‌‌‌‌‌⁠‌‌‌​‌‌‌⁠‌‌​​​‌⁠‌‌​​‌​​⁠‌‌‌​‌​​⁠‌‌​‌​​​⁠‌​‌‌‌‌‌⁠‌‌​​​‌‌⁠‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌⁠‌​​‌​​​⁠‌‌​​‌​⁠‌‌​​​​⁠‌‌​​‌​⁠‌‌​​​‌⁠‌‌‌‌​‌‌⁠‌‌‌‌​‌​⁠‌‌​​‌‌⁠‌‌‌​​‌​⁠‌‌​​​​⁠‌​‌‌‌‌‌⁠‌‌‌​‌‌‌⁠‌‌​​​‌⁠‌‌​​‌​​⁠‌‌‌​‌​​⁠‌‌​‌​​​⁠‌​‌‌‌‌‌⁠‌‌​​​‌‌⁠‌‌​‌​​​⁠‌​​​​​​⁠‌‌‌​​‌​⁠‌​​​​​​⁠‌‌​​​‌‌⁠‌‌‌​‌​​⁠‌‌​​‌‌⁠‌‌‌​​‌​⁠‌​‌‌‌‌‌⁠‌‌​​​‌‌⁠‌‌​​​​⁠‌‌‌​‌​‌⁠‌​​‌‌‌​⁠‌‌‌​‌​​⁠‌​‌​​‌‌⁠‌​‌‌‌‌‌⁠‌‌‌​‌​​⁠‌‌​​​​⁠‌‌​​​​⁠‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​⁠‌​​​​​​⁠‌‌‌​​‌​⁠‌​​​​​​⁠‌‌​​​‌‌⁠‌‌‌​‌​​⁠‌‌​​‌‌⁠‌‌‌​​‌​⁠‌​‌‌‌‌‌⁠‌‌​​​‌‌⁠‌‌​​​​⁠‌‌‌​‌​‌⁠‌​​‌‌‌​⁠‌‌‌​‌​​⁠‌​‌​​‌‌⁠‌​‌‌‌‌‌⁠‌‌‌​‌​​⁠‌‌​​​​⁠‌‌​​​​⁠‌‌‌‌‌​‌ more than meets the eye?

Solution

Pwned by @teamfreestuff (opens in a new tab)

If you look carefully, there are several invisible unicode characters in the problem description above.

invisible unicode characters

This is clearly unicode steganography. The characters used are:

  • WORD JOINER (U+2060)
  • ZERO WIDTH SPACE (U+200B)
  • ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER (U+200C)
  • ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE (U+FEFF)

If we search around, we are able to find an online unicode steganography decrypter.

online decrypter

WH2021{z3r0_w1dth_ch@r@ct3r_c0uNtS_t00}