TryHackMe — Advent of Cyber ’24 Side Quest — Walkthrough
Explore a series of advanced challenges alongside the core Advent of Cyber event!
Difficulty: Hard
Task 4: T1: Operation Tiny Frostbite
4.1.What is the password the attacker used to register on the site?
Answer: QU9DMjAyNHtUaW55X1R
4.2. What is the password that the attacker captured?
Answer: pbnlfVGlueV9TaDNsbF
4.3. What is the password of the zip file transferred by the attacker?
Answer: 9jYW5fRW5jcnlwVF9iVXR
4.4. What is McSkidy’s password that was inside the database file stolen by the attacker?
Answer: faXRfSXNfTjB0X0YwMGxwcm8wZn0=
Task 5: T2: Yin and Yang
5.1. What is the flag for YIN?
Answer: THM{Yin.cannot.exist.without.a.little.bit.of.Yang}
5.2. What is the flag for YANG?
Answer: THM{Yang.also.needs.Yin.to.survive}
Task 6: T3: Escaping the Blizzard
6.1. What is the content of the file foothold.txt?
Answer: THM{th1s-1s-jusT-th3-B3g1nn1ng}
6.2. What is the content of the file user.txt?
Answer: THM{h4v1ng-fun-w1th-a-g00d-old-heap-overflowww-in-a-l4t3st-gl1bc}
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6.3. What is the content of the file root.txt?
Answer: THM{w00t-w00t-y0u-escap3-the-may0r-permits}
Task 7: T4: Krampus Festival
7.1. What is the content of flag.txt?
Answer: THM{unlock_the_door_to_darkness_0nly_f0r_the_brave}
7.2. What is the content of user.txt?
Answer: THM{krampu5_h00ked_y0ur_l00t}
7.3. What is the content of root.txt?
Answer: THM{krampu5_&_p0tat0_5alad}
Task 8: T5: An Avalanche of Web Apps
8.1. What is the value of flag 1?
Answer: THM{09a3f8918a32ea38a2c833c98214336a}
8.2. What is the value of flag 2?
Answer: THM{647aff4143b04972ba816f040e9b81c2}
8.3. What is the value of flag 3?
Answer: THM{ff2e079bc7bc3eb925478aa5bc2466a6}
8.4. What is the value of flag 4?
Answer: THM{05a830d2f52649c96318cce20c562b63}
Task 9: The End?
9.1. What is the flag you get at the end of the survey? Please make sure to copy the flag before closing the tab!
Answer: THM{bigger_and_maybe_not_as_mean_in_2025}
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