# STEM CTF Cyber Challenge 2019 – In Plain Text
* **Category:** Binary RE* **Points:** 50
## Challenge
> Created by: David Maples> > Starring: Mary McCormack, Fred Weller, Nichole Hiltz, Todd Williams, Lesley Ann Warren, Paul Ben-Victor, Cristián de la Fuente, Rachel Boston> > [download](https://github.com/m3ssap0/CTF-Writeups/raw/master/STEM%20CTF%20Cyber%20Challenge%202019/In%20Plain%20Text/challenge)
## Solution
Using `strings` command on the given ELF file you will discover the flag in plain text.
```$ strings challenge /lib/ld-linux.so.2libc.so.6_IO_stdin_usedputsstdinprintffgets__cxa_finalizestrcmp__libc_start_main__stack_chk_failGLIBC_2.1.3GLIBC_2.4GLIBC_2.0_ITM_deregisterTMCloneTable__gmon_start___ITM_registerTMCloneTableUWVS[^_]Hey there, I know I am the challenge and all, but I forgot what the flag was...Could you just tell me the flag real quick? Please? MCA{y3ah_sur3_here_y0u_g0}That definitely rings a bell! Thank you!That doesn't sound familiar... :/;*2$"GCC: (Ubuntu 7.3.0-16ubuntu3) 7.3.0crtstuff.cderegister_tm_clones__do_global_dtors_auxcompleted.7281__do_global_dtors_aux_fini_array_entryframe_dummy__frame_dummy_init_array_entrychallenge.c__FRAME_END____init_array_end_DYNAMIC__init_array_start__GNU_EH_FRAME_HDR_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE___libc_csu_finistrcmp@@GLIBC_2.0_ITM_deregisterTMCloneTable__x86.get_pc_thunk.bxprintf@@GLIBC_2.0fgets@@GLIBC_2.0_edata__stack_chk_fail@@GLIBC_2.4__x86.get_pc_thunk.dx__cxa_finalize@@GLIBC_2.1.3__data_startputs@@GLIBC_2.0__gmon_start____dso_handle_IO_stdin_used__libc_start_main@@GLIBC_2.0__libc_csu_initstdin@@GLIBC_2.0_fp_hw__bss_startmain__stack_chk_fail_local__TMC_END___ITM_registerTMCloneTable.symtab.strtab.shstrtab.interp.note.ABI-tag.note.gnu.build-id.gnu.hash.dynsym.dynstr.gnu.version.gnu.version_r.rel.dyn.rel.plt.init.plt.got.text.fini.rodata.eh_frame_hdr.eh_frame.init_array.fini_array.dynamic.data.bss.comment```
The flag is the following.
```MCA{y3ah_sur3_here_y0u_g0}```