# PicoCTF - MacroHard WeakEdge ###### tags: `PicoCTF` `CTF` `Misc` Challenge: [MacroHard WeakEdge](https://play.picoctf.org/practice/challenge/130?bookmarked=0&category=4&page=1&search=&solved=0) ## Background [What is a PPTM file?](https://fileinfo.com/extension/pptm) <font color="FF0000">It's a zip format file</font> > A PPTM file is a macro-enabled presentation created by Microsoft PowerPoint, an application used to create presentations and slide shows. It contains a collection of slides, which typically includes text, layout, images, and embedded macros. PPTM files are commonly used to store business, marketing, and academic presentations. ### More information > PPTM files are similar to .PPTX files, which utilize the Open XML document format introduced in Microsoft Office 2007. However, PPTM files support embedded macros that can be executed by PowerPoint. > Even if a PPTX file includes macros, PowerPoint will not allow users to run them. They must first be saved as a PPTM file, and then the macros may be executed. > Macros in PowerPoint function similarly to scripts allowing you to automate repetitive tasks such as formatting a slide, adding text, or creating new slide themes. <font color="FF0000">You can create and edit macros using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) by clicking Macros in the View tab in the ribbon.</font> ## Exploit - Binwalk + Unzip 1. Binwalk ```bash $ binwalk Forensics\ is\ fun.pptm DECIMAL HEXADECIMAL DESCRIPTION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 0x0 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 674, uncompressed size: 10660, name: [Content_Types].xml 1243 0x4DB Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 259, uncompressed size: 738, name: _rels/.rels 2063 0x80F Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 951, uncompressed size: 5197, name: ppt/presentation.xml 3064 0xBF8 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide46.xml.rels 3316 0xCF4 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 688, uncompressed size: 1740, name: ppt/slides/slide1.xml 4055 0xFD7 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 657, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide2.xml 4763 0x129B Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 659, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide3.xml 5473 0x1561 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 657, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide4.xml ... ``` :::spoiler whole output ```bash $ binwalk Forensics\ is\ fun.pptm DECIMAL HEXADECIMAL DESCRIPTION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 0x0 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 674, uncompressed size: 10660, name: [Content_Types].xml 1243 0x4DB Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 259, uncompressed size: 738, name: _rels/.rels 2063 0x80F Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 951, uncompressed size: 5197, name: ppt/presentation.xml 3064 0xBF8 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide46.xml.rels 3316 0xCF4 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 688, uncompressed size: 1740, name: ppt/slides/slide1.xml 4055 0xFD7 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 657, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide2.xml 4763 0x129B Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 659, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide3.xml 5473 0x1561 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 657, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide4.xml 6181 0x1825 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 658, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide5.xml 6890 0x1AEA Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 656, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide6.xml 7597 0x1DAD Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 658, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide7.xml 8306 0x2072 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 658, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide8.xml 9015 0x2337 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 658, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide9.xml 9724 0x25FC Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 659, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide10.xml 10435 0x28C3 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 658, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide11.xml 11145 0x2B89 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 657, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide12.xml 11854 0x2E4E Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 656, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide13.xml 12562 0x3112 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 659, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide14.xml 13273 0x33D9 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 658, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide15.xml 13983 0x369F Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 656, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide16.xml 14691 0x3963 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 656, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide17.xml 15399 0x3C27 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 657, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide18.xml 16108 0x3EEC Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 659, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide19.xml 16819 0x41B3 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 658, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide20.xml 17529 0x4479 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 658, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide21.xml 18239 0x473F Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 656, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide22.xml 18947 0x4A03 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 658, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide23.xml 19657 0x4CC9 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 660, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide24.xml 20369 0x4F91 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 658, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide25.xml 21079 0x5257 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 658, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide26.xml 21789 0x551D Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 659, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide27.xml 22500 0x57E4 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 656, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide28.xml 23208 0x5AA8 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 659, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide29.xml 23919 0x5D6F Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 660, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide30.xml 24631 0x6037 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 658, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide31.xml 25341 0x62FD Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 658, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide32.xml 26051 0x65C3 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 658, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide33.xml 26761 0x6889 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 658, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide34.xml 27471 0x6B4F Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 659, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide35.xml 28182 0x6E16 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 657, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide36.xml 28891 0x70DB Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 767, uncompressed size: 1916, name: ppt/slides/slide37.xml 29710 0x740E Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 657, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide38.xml 30419 0x76D3 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 658, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide39.xml 31129 0x7999 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 657, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide40.xml 31838 0x7C5E Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 659, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide41.xml 32549 0x7F25 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 658, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide42.xml 33259 0x81EB Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 660, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide43.xml 33971 0x84B3 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 660, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide44.xml 34683 0x877B Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 659, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide45.xml 35394 0x8A42 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 659, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide46.xml 36105 0x8D09 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 657, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide47.xml 36814 0x8FCE Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 658, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide48.xml 37524 0x9294 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 658, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide49.xml 38234 0x955A Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 655, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide50.xml 38941 0x981D Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 659, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide51.xml 39652 0x9AE4 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 659, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide52.xml 40363 0x9DAB Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 656, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide53.xml 41071 0xA06F Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 659, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide54.xml 41782 0xA336 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 659, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide55.xml 42493 0xA5FD Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 659, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide56.xml 43204 0xA8C4 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 658, uncompressed size: 1682, name: ppt/slides/slide57.xml 43914 0xAB8A Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 657, uncompressed size: 1681, name: ppt/slides/slide58.xml 44623 0xAE4F Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide47.xml.rels 44875 0xAF4B Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide48.xml.rels 45127 0xB047 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide49.xml.rels 45379 0xB143 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide50.xml.rels 45631 0xB23F Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide32.xml.rels 45883 0xB33B Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide52.xml.rels 46135 0xB437 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide53.xml.rels 46387 0xB533 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide54.xml.rels 46639 0xB62F Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide55.xml.rels 46891 0xB72B Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide56.xml.rels 47143 0xB827 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide57.xml.rels 47395 0xB923 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide58.xml.rels 47647 0xBA1F Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide51.xml.rels 47899 0xBB1B Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide13.xml.rels 48151 0xBC17 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 646, uncompressed size: 8783, name: ppt/_rels/presentation.xml.rels 49122 0xBFE2 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 192, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide1.xml.rels 49376 0xC0E0 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide2.xml.rels 49627 0xC1DB Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide3.xml.rels 49878 0xC2D6 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide4.xml.rels 50129 0xC3D1 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide5.xml.rels 50380 0xC4CC Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide6.xml.rels 50631 0xC5C7 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide7.xml.rels 50882 0xC6C2 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide8.xml.rels 51133 0xC7BD Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide9.xml.rels 51384 0xC8B8 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide10.xml.rels 51636 0xC9B4 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide11.xml.rels 51888 0xCAB0 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide12.xml.rels 52140 0xCBAC Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide14.xml.rels 52392 0xCCA8 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide15.xml.rels 52644 0xCDA4 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide16.xml.rels 52896 0xCEA0 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide17.xml.rels 53148 0xCF9C Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide18.xml.rels 53400 0xD098 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide19.xml.rels 53652 0xD194 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide20.xml.rels 53904 0xD290 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide21.xml.rels 54156 0xD38C Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide22.xml.rels 54408 0xD488 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide23.xml.rels 54660 0xD584 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide24.xml.rels 54912 0xD680 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide25.xml.rels 55164 0xD77C Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide26.xml.rels 55416 0xD878 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide27.xml.rels 55668 0xD974 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide28.xml.rels 55920 0xDA70 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide29.xml.rels 56172 0xDB6C Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide30.xml.rels 56424 0xDC68 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide31.xml.rels 56676 0xDD64 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide33.xml.rels 56928 0xDE60 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide34.xml.rels 57180 0xDF5C Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide35.xml.rels 57432 0xE058 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide36.xml.rels 57684 0xE154 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide37.xml.rels 57936 0xE250 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide38.xml.rels 58188 0xE34C Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide39.xml.rels 58440 0xE448 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide40.xml.rels 58692 0xE544 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide41.xml.rels 58944 0xE640 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide42.xml.rels 59196 0xE73C Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide43.xml.rels 59448 0xE838 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide44.xml.rels 59700 0xE934 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 189, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slides/_rels/slide45.xml.rels 59952 0xEA30 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 2063, uncompressed size: 13875, name: ppt/slideMasters/slideMaster1.xml 62078 0xF27E Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 1281, uncompressed size: 4678, name: ppt/slideLayouts/slideLayout1.xml 63422 0xF7BE Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 1104, uncompressed size: 3921, name: ppt/slideLayouts/slideLayout2.xml 64589 0xFC4D Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 1338, uncompressed size: 5442, name: ppt/slideLayouts/slideLayout3.xml 65990 0x101C6 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 1197, uncompressed size: 4975, name: ppt/slideLayouts/slideLayout4.xml 67250 0x106B2 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 1551, uncompressed size: 7937, name: ppt/slideLayouts/slideLayout5.xml 68864 0x10D00 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 983, uncompressed size: 3063, name: ppt/slideLayouts/slideLayout6.xml 69910 0x11116 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 902, uncompressed size: 2550, name: ppt/slideLayouts/slideLayout7.xml 70875 0x114DB Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 1455, uncompressed size: 5952, name: ppt/slideLayouts/slideLayout8.xml 72393 0x11AC9 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 1408, uncompressed size: 5899, name: ppt/slideLayouts/slideLayout9.xml 73864 0x12088 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 1133, uncompressed size: 3975, name: ppt/slideLayouts/slideLayout10.xml 75061 0x12535 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 1187, uncompressed size: 4200, name: ppt/slideLayouts/slideLayout11.xml 76312 0x12A18 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 277, uncompressed size: 1991, name: ppt/slideMasters/_rels/slideMaster1.xml.rels 76663 0x12B77 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 188, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slideLayouts/_rels/slideLayout1.xml.rels 76925 0x12C7D Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 188, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slideLayouts/_rels/slideLayout2.xml.rels 77187 0x12D83 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 188, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slideLayouts/_rels/slideLayout3.xml.rels 77449 0x12E89 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 188, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slideLayouts/_rels/slideLayout4.xml.rels 77711 0x12F8F Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 188, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slideLayouts/_rels/slideLayout5.xml.rels 77973 0x13095 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 188, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slideLayouts/_rels/slideLayout6.xml.rels 78235 0x1319B Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 188, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slideLayouts/_rels/slideLayout7.xml.rels 78497 0x132A1 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 188, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slideLayouts/_rels/slideLayout8.xml.rels 78759 0x133A7 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 188, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slideLayouts/_rels/slideLayout9.xml.rels 79021 0x134AD Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 188, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slideLayouts/_rels/slideLayout10.xml.rels 79284 0x135B4 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 188, uncompressed size: 311, name: ppt/slideLayouts/_rels/slideLayout11.xml.rels 79547 0x136BB Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 1732, uncompressed size: 8399, name: ppt/theme/theme1.xml 81329 0x13DB1 Zip archive data, at least v1.0 to extract, compressed size: 2278, uncompressed size: 2278, name: docProps/thumbnail.jpeg 83660 0x146CC Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 2222, uncompressed size: 7168, name: ppt/vbaProject.bin 85930 0x14FAA Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 397, uncompressed size: 818, name: ppt/presProps.xml 86374 0x15166 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 387, uncompressed size: 811, name: ppt/viewProps.xml 86808 0x15318 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 172, uncompressed size: 182, name: ppt/tableStyles.xml 87029 0x153F5 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 342, uncompressed size: 666, name: docProps/core.xml 87682 0x15682 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 556, uncompressed size: 3784, name: docProps/app.xml 88548 0x159E4 Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compressed size: 81, uncompressed size: 99, name: ppt/slideMasters/hidden 100071 0x186E7 End of Zip archive, footer length: 22 ``` ::: Obviously, this file is compressed and you can notice this hint using `exiftool` command ```bash! $ exiftool Forensics\ is\ fun.pptm ExifTool Version Number : 11.88 File Name : Forensics is fun.pptm Directory : . File Size : 98 kB File Modification Date/Time : 2023:02:17 23:47:53+08:00 File Access Date/Time : 2023:02:18 12:31:44+08:00 File Inode Change Date/Time : 2023:02:18 12:31:06+08:00 File Permissions : rwxrwxrwx File Type : PPTM File Type Extension : pptm MIME Type : application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.presentation.macroEnabled Zip Required Version : 20 Zip Bit Flag : 0x0006 Zip Compression : Deflated Zip Modify Date : 1980:01:01 00:00:00 Zip CRC : 0xa0517e97 Zip Compressed Size : 674 Zip Uncompressed Size : 10660 Zip File Name : [Content_Types].xml ... ``` 2. Unzip it After unzipping it, you can observe the whole structure and files clearly. ```bash! $ ls -la * ... $ cd ppt $ ls -al * ... ``` There're 2 files that worth noting: <font color="FF0000">`ppt/slideMasters/hidden`</font> and <font color="FF0000">`ppt/vbaProject.bin`</font>font> 3. Strings ```bash! $ strings vbaProject.bin ... sorry_but_this_isn't_it ... not_flag ... ``` Seems this file is not the key to get flag But we have another option... ```bash! $ strings ./slideMasters/hidden Z m x h Z z o g c G l j b 0 N U R n t E M W R f d V 9 r b j B 3 X 3 B w d H N f c l 9 6 M X A 1 f Q ``` Seems a base64 format strings: `flag: picoCTF{D1d_u_kn0w_ppts_r_z1p5}` ## Reference [MacroHard WeakEdge Write up](https://ctftime.org/writeup/26975)