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**Challenge Description**:
A "secure" virus analyzer service that scans uploaded ZIP files. The author claimed "To make it more secure, I did not provide any source code."

**Analysis**:
The service allows users to upload ZIP files, extracts them, and scans the contents.
1. **Exploration**: We tested various file extensions and payloads.
- Standard EICAR files were uploaded but "No Virus Detected" was returned, which was suspicious.
- Uploading a `.php` file resulted in it being deleted or blocked (404 Not Found), while other extensions like `.txt`, `.php3`, `.phtml` were extracted but not executed (served as text).
2. **Vulnerability**: The "virus scanner" likely implements a blacklist for `.php` files to prevent execution. However, the blacklist check appeared to be case-sensitive, while the underlying PHP server configuration (Apache/PHP-FPM) handles extensions case-insensitively on some systems or had a specific misconfiguration allowing `.PHP`.
3. **Hint**: A hint suggested that "PHP's built-in development server treats .PHP, .Php, .pHP (any case variation) as PHP files and executes them."

**Solution**:
1. **Bypass Filter**: We created a ZIP containing a PHP webshell named `shell.PHP` (mixed case).
2. **Upload & Execute**: The server's security filter (likely a simple `strpos($filename, '.php')` or similar case-sensitive check) failed to block `.PHP`, but the PHP server executed it.
3. **Retrieve Flag**: We accessed the uploaded `shell.PHP` and executed `cat /flag.txt`.

**Solver**: [solve_case_bypass.py](file:///home/mritunjya/ctf/2026/nullcon/web/virus_analyzer/solve_case_bypass.py)

**Flag**: `ENO{R4C1NG_UPL04D5_4R3_FUN}`

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