Description
This garden contains more than it seems.
Steps :
lets first check metadata via exiftool :
╰─❯ exiftool image1.jpg ─╯
ExifTool Version Number : 13.10
File Name : image1.jpg
Directory : .
File Size : 2.3 MB
File Modification Date/Time : 2025:02:13 03:55:26+05:30
File Access Date/Time : 2025:02:13 03:55:55+05:30
File Inode Change Date/Time : 2025:02:13 03:55:54+05:30
File Permissions : -rw-r--r--
File Type : JPEG
File Type Extension : jpg
MIME Type : image/jpeg
JFIF Version : 1.01
Resolution Unit : inches
X Resolution : 72
Y Resolution : 72
Profile CMM Type : Linotronic
Profile Version : 2.1.0
Profile Class : Display Device Profile
Color Space Data : RGB
Profile Connection Space : XYZ
Profile Date Time : 1998:02:09 06:49:00
Profile File Signature : acsp
Primary Platform : Microsoft Corporation
CMM Flags : Not Embedded, Independent
Device Manufacturer : Hewlett-Packard
Device Model : sRGB
Device Attributes : Reflective, Glossy, Positive, Color
Rendering Intent : Perceptual
Connection Space Illuminant : 0.9642 1 0.82491
Profile Creator : Hewlett-Packard
Profile ID : 0
Profile Copyright : Copyright (c) 1998 Hewlett-Packard Company
Profile Description : sRGB IEC61966-2.1
Media White Point : 0.95045 1 1.08905
Media Black Point : 0 0 0
Red Matrix Column : 0.43607 0.22249 0.01392
Green Matrix Column : 0.38515 0.71687 0.09708
Blue Matrix Column : 0.14307 0.06061 0.7141
Device Mfg Desc : IEC http://www.iec.ch
Device Model Desc : IEC 61966-2.1 Default RGB colour space - sRGB
Viewing Cond Desc : Reference Viewing Condition in IEC61966-2.1
Viewing Cond Illuminant : 19.6445 20.3718 16.8089
Viewing Cond Surround : 3.92889 4.07439 3.36179
Viewing Cond Illuminant Type : D50
Luminance : 76.03647 80 87.12462
Measurement Observer : CIE 1931
Measurement Backing : 0 0 0
Measurement Geometry : Unknown
Measurement Flare : 0.999%
Measurement Illuminant : D65
Technology : Cathode Ray Tube Display
Red Tone Reproduction Curve : (Binary data 2060 bytes, use -b option to extract)
Green Tone Reproduction Curve : (Binary data 2060 bytes, use -b option to extract)
Blue Tone Reproduction Curve : (Binary data 2060 bytes, use -b option to extract)
Image Width : 2999
Image Height : 2249
Encoding Process : Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample : 8
Color Components : 3
Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling : YCbCr4:2:0 (2 2)
Image Size : 2999x2249
Megapixels : 6.7nothing important, lets see hexedit :
00000000 FF D8 FF E0 00 10 4A 46 49 46 00 01 01 01 00 48 ......JFIF.....H
00000010 00 48 00 00 FF E2 0C 58 49 43 43 5F 50 52 4F 46 .H.....XICC_PROF
00000020 49 4C 45 00 01 01 00 00 0C 48 4C 69 6E 6F 02 10 ILE......HLino..
00000030 00 00 6D 6E 74 72 52 47 42 20 58 59 5A 20 07 CE ..mntrRGB XYZ ..
00000040 00 02 00 09 00 06 00 31 00 00 61 63 73 70 4D 53 .......1..acspMS
00000050 46 54 00 00 00 00 49 45 43 20 73 52 47 42 00 00 FT....IEC sRGB..
00000060 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F6 D6 00 01 ................
00000070 00 00 00 00 D3 2D 48 50 20 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 .....-HP ......
00000080 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000090 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
000000A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 63 70 72 74 00 00 ..........cprt..
000000B0 01 50 00 00 00 33 64 65 73 63 00 00 01 84 00 00 .P...3desc......
000000C0 00 6C 77 74 70 74 00 00 01 F0 00 00 00 14 62 6B .lwtpt........bk
000000D0 70 74 00 00 02 04 00 00 00 14 72 58 59 5A 00 00 pt........rXYZ..
000000E0 02 18 00 00 00 14 67 58 59 5A 00 00 02 2C 00 00 ......gXYZ...,..
000000F0 00 14 62 58 59 5A 00 00 02 40 00 00 00 14 64 6D ..bXYZ...@....dm
00000100 6E 64 00 00 02 54 00 00 00 70 64 6D 64 64 00 00 nd...T...pdmdd..
00000110 02 C4 00 00 00 88 76 75 65 64 00 00 03 4C 00 00 ......vued...L..
00000120 00 86 76 69 65 77 00 00 03 D4 00 00 00 24 6C 75 ..view.......$lu
00000130 6D 69 00 00 03 F8 00 00 00 14 6D 65 61 73 00 00 mi........meas..
00000140 04 0C 00 00 00 24 74 65 63 68 00 00 04 30 00 00 .....$tech...0..
00000150 00 0C 72 54 52 43 00 00 04 3C 00 00 08 0C 67 54 ..rTRC...<....gT
00000160 52 43 00 00 04 3C 00 00 08 0C 62 54 52 43 00 00 RC...<....bTRC..
00000170 04 3C 00 00 08 0C 74 65 78 74 00 00 00 00 43 6F .<....text....Co
--- image1.jpg --0x0/0x230598--0%---------------------------------------have lot to scroll , lets use xxd and extract hex to a text file.
╰─❯ xxd image1.jpg > hex_output.txt on last lines , here is the flag :
00230530: b70d 18ce 3ccd 6a7e 6b8d af56 b579 39ca ....<.j~k..V.y9.
00230540: eeef 53ae 8620 31b8 751f 9514 f7fb cff5 ..S.. 1.u.......
00230550: a2bb bdac 9687 98e4 d3b2 e87f ffd9 4865 ..............He
00230560: 7265 2069 7320 6120 666c 6167 2022 7069 re is a flag "pi
00230570: 636f 4354 467b 6d6f 7265 5f74 6861 6e5f coCTF{more_than_
00230580: 6d33 3374 735f 7468 655f 3379 3333 6464 m33ts_the_3y33dd
00230590: 3265 4546 357d 220a 2eEF5}".