# SECCON Qualifiers 2023

## 1. plai_n_rsa
We were given a python script, with its output:
problem.py

import os

from Crypto.Util.number import bytes_to_long, getPrime

flag = os.getenvb(b"FLAG", b"SECCON{THIS_IS_FAKE}")
assert flag.startswith(b"SECCON{")
m = bytes_to_long(flag)
e = 0x10001
p = getPrime(1024)
q = getPrime(1024)
n = p * q
e = 65537
phi = (p-1)*(q-1)
d = pow(e, -1, phi)
hint = p+q
c = pow(m,e,n)

print(f"e={e}")
print(f"d={d}")
print(f"hint={hint}")
print(f"c={c}") 

output:

e=65537
d=15353693384417089838724462548624665131984541847837698089157240133474013117762978616666693401860905655963327632448623455383380954863892476195097282728814827543900228088193570410336161860174277615946002137912428944732371746227020712674976297289176836843640091584337495338101474604288961147324379580088173382908779460843227208627086880126290639711592345543346940221730622306467346257744243136122427524303881976859137700891744052274657401050973668524557242083584193692826433940069148960314888969312277717419260452255851900683129483765765679159138030020213831221144899328188412603141096814132194067023700444075607645059793
hint=275283221549738046345918168846641811313380618998221352140350570432714307281165805636851656302966169945585002477544100664479545771828799856955454062819317543203364336967894150765237798162853443692451109345096413650403488959887587524671632723079836454946011490118632739774018505384238035279207770245283729785148
c=8886475661097818039066941589615421186081120873494216719709365309402150643930242604194319283606485508450705024002429584410440203415990175581398430415621156767275792997271367757163480361466096219943197979148150607711332505026324163525477415452796059295609690271141521528116799770835194738989305897474856228866459232100638048610347607923061496926398910241473920007677045790186229028825033878826280815810993961703594770572708574523213733640930273501406675234173813473008872562157659306181281292203417508382016007143058555525203094236927290804729068748715105735023514403359232769760857994195163746288848235503985114734813

Since `d = pow(e, -1, phi)`, we can rewrite it as `d * e = k * phi + 1` or `phi = (d*e - 1)/k` with 0 < k <= e. From here, we can iterate through every value of k from 1 to e to retrieve the value of `phi`. With value of `phi` and `hint`, we can easily get the value of `n`.
Script:

#!/usr/bin/env python
from Crypto.Util.number import *

e=65537
d=15353693384417089838724462548624665131984541847837698089157240133474013117762978616666693401860905655963327632448623455383380954863892476195097282728814827543900228088193570410336161860174277615946002137912428944732371746227020712674976297289176836843640091584337495338101474604288961147324379580088173382908779460843227208627086880126290639711592345543346940221730622306467346257744243136122427524303881976859137700891744052274657401050973668524557242083584193692826433940069148960314888969312277717419260452255851900683129483765765679159138030020213831221144899328188412603141096814132194067023700444075607645059793
hint=275283221549738046345918168846641811313380618998221352140350570432714307281165805636851656302966169945585002477544100664479545771828799856955454062819317543203364336967894150765237798162853443692451109345096413650403488959887587524671632723079836454946011490118632739774018505384238035279207770245283729785148
c=8886475661097818039066941589615421186081120873494216719709365309402150643930242604194319283606485508450705024002429584410440203415990175581398430415621156767275792997271367757163480361466096219943197979148150607711332505026324163525477415452796059295609690271141521528116799770835194738989305897474856228866459232100638048610347607923061496926398910241473920007677045790186229028825033878826280815810993961703594770572708574523213733640930273501406675234173813473008872562157659306181281292203417508382016007143058555525203094236927290804729068748715105735023514403359232769760857994195163746288848235503985114734813

m = d * e

for k in range(1, e):
    if (m - 1) % k != 0:
        continue
    phi = (m - 1) // k
    n = phi + hint - 1
    decrypt_cipher = long_to_bytes(pow(c, d, n))
    if b"SECCON{" in decrypt_cipher:
        print("Got flag: " + decrypt_cipher.decode())

Flag: `SECCON{thank_you_for_finding_my_n!!!_GOOD_LUCK_IN_SECCON_CTF}`