Rating: 5.0

## Forensics

### Secret Message 1

We swiped a top-secret file from the vaults of a very secret organization, but all the juicy details are craftily concealed. Can you help me uncover them?

Given a pdf file where the flag is colored black. You can solve this task in 3 different ways.

![image](https://github.com/zer00d4y/writeups/assets/128820441/209766c8-abbd-4289-b18d-20dad9d7dcdd)

1) Open the PDF file with any editor and remove the shaded area

![image](https://github.com/zer00d4y/writeups/assets/128820441/8dc0d8b8-61fa-4752-9e08-5c4fbe18e385)
![image](https://github.com/zer00d4y/writeups/assets/128820441/5c2d9cd5-c2b3-40df-99d6-f3dbb72e0bd7)

2) Open the file with one of the browsers and copy the place where the flag is written

![image](https://github.com/zer00d4y/writeups/assets/128820441/5485f49e-8185-458f-8cf9-d8fe3ec7f314)

3) Open through a browser and enable the read aloud function.

FLAG:

uoftctf{fired_for_leaking_secrets_in_a_pdf}

Original writeup (https://github.com/zer00d4y/writeups/blob/main/CTF%20events/UofTCTF/UofTCTF_2024.md).