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### Discount VMProtect
The name speaks for itself. We are dealing with virtual machine :)
``` bash
file chall
chall: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, BuildID[sha1]=230e9f987b798e57f5c25421983e3545c715f850, stripped
```
entry:
This is very simple stack based virtual machine. Here its code:
Now we have to write our disassembler and reverse engineer the key check algorithm :)
disassembler:
``` python
def disassemble_vm(state):
i = 0
while True:
if i == len(state):
break
ins = state[i]
i += 1
if ins == 0x30:
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}exit')
elif ins == 0x31:
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}push registers[{state[i]}]')
i += 1
elif ins == 0x32:
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}push stack[sp]')
elif ins == 0x33:
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}mov stack[sp], input[stack[sp]]')
elif ins == 0x34:
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}if stack[sp] == 0:')
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}\t\tjmp {state[i]}\t; {hex(state[state[i]])}')
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}sub sp, 1')
i += 1
elif ins == 0x35:
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}stack[sp] = (stack[sp] << 7) | (stack[sp] >> 1)')
elif ins == 0x36:
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}push {state[i]}')
i += 1
elif ins == 0x37:
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}stack[sp-1] ^= stack[sp]')
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}sub sp, 1')
elif ins == 0x38:
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}stack[sp-1] += stack[sp]')
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}sub sp, 1')
elif ins == 0x39:
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}stack[sp-1] -= stack[sp]')
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}sub sp, 1')
elif ins == 0x61:
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}stack[sp-1] = ~stack[sp]')
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}sub sp, 1')
elif ins == 0x62:
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}check antidebug')
elif ins == 0x63:
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}registers[0] = 1')
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}strcpy(dest, &src)')
elif ins == 0x64:
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}registers[{state[i]}] = stack[sp]')
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}sub sp, 1')
i += 1
elif ins == 0x65:
print(f'{str(i-1).ljust(10)}stack[sp] = registers[stack[sp]]')
else:
continue
```
First bytecode:
``` python
0 push registers[128]
2 registers[0] = 1
2 strcpy(dest, &src)
3 push stack[sp]
4 push stack[sp]
5 registers[128] = stack[sp]
5 sub sp, 1
7 mov stack[sp], input[stack[sp]]
8 if stack[sp] == 0:
8 jmp 18 ; 0x36
8 sub sp, 1
10 push 1
12 stack[sp-1] += stack[sp]
12 sub sp, 1
13 push stack[sp]
14 push stack[sp]
15 stack[sp-1] -= stack[sp]
15 sub sp, 1
16 if stack[sp] == 0:
16 jmp 3 ; 0x32
16 sub sp, 1
18 push 35
20 stack[sp-1] -= stack[sp]
20 sub sp, 1
21 if stack[sp] == 0:
21 jmp 27 ; 0x36
21 sub sp, 1
23 push 0
25 registers[0] = stack[sp]
25 sub sp, 1
27 push 0
29 registers[128] = stack[sp]
29 sub sp, 1
31 exit
```
Its python representation:
``` python
def check_password_len(password):
if len(password) != 35:
register[0] = 0
```
Second bytecode:
``` python
0 push registers[128]
2 push stack[sp]
3 push stack[sp]
4 registers[128] = stack[sp]
4 sub sp, 1
6 mov stack[sp], input[stack[sp]]
7 push stack[sp]
8 if stack[sp] == 0:
8 jmp 40 ; 0x30
8 sub sp, 1
10 stack[sp] = (stack[sp] << 7) | (stack[sp] >> 1)
11 push 99
13 stack[sp-1] ^= stack[sp]
13 sub sp, 1
14 push 152
16 stack[sp-1] += stack[sp]
16 sub sp, 1
17 stack[sp-1] = ~stack[sp]
17 sub sp, 1
18 check antidebug
19 push registers[128]
21 push 10
23 stack[sp-1] += stack[sp]
23 sub sp, 1
24 stack[sp] = registers[stack[sp]]
25 stack[sp-1] -= stack[sp]
25 sub sp, 1
26 if stack[sp] == 0:
26 jmp 32 ; 0x36
26 sub sp, 1
28 push 0
30 registers[0] = stack[sp]
30 sub sp, 1
32 push 1
34 stack[sp-1] += stack[sp]
34 sub sp, 1
35 push stack[sp]
36 push stack[sp]
37 stack[sp-1] ^= stack[sp]
37 sub sp, 1
38 if stack[sp] == 0:
38 jmp 2 ; 0x32
38 sub sp, 1
40 exit
```
Its python representation:
``` c++
def check_password(password):
check = 0
for i in range(35):
t = password[i]
t = (t << 7) | (t >> 1)
t &= 0xff
t ^= 99
t += 152
t &= 0xff
t = ~t
if t != key[i]:
check = 1
break
if check == 0:
registers[0] = 1
else:
registers[0] = 0
```
Solution:
``` python
key = [
24, 114, 162, 164, 157, 137, 31, 162, 141, 155, 148, 13, 109, 155, 149,
236, 236, 18, 155, 148, 35, 22, 155, 108, 19, 14, 109, 13, 150, 141, 14, 144,
19, 151, 138]
def encode(t):
t = (t << 7) | (t >> 1)
t &= 0xff
t ^= 99
t += 152
t &= 0xff
t = ~t
return t & 0xff
y = ""
for j in range(len(key)):
for i in range(48, 126): # Bruteforce every printable character
if encode(i) == key[j]:
y += chr(i)
print(y)
```
```
>>> XMAS{VMs_ar3_c00l_aNd_1nt3resting}
```
