Pawan Gupta
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Hello code monkeys! How can you buy larger and fancier houses without an assistant that generates high-quality, bug-free, and secure code for you?
Pawan Gupta is such a programming assistant! It follows your directions and helps you write perfect code, which ultimately brings you closer to your next fancy house!
But as a curious code monkey, you always want to understand every little pesky secret about Pawan Gupta, don't you?
Today, we are offering you limited access to Pawan Gupta. Find the flag that only Pawan Gupta knows!
nc pawan-gupta-utg6tokpfvmza.shellweplayaga.me 10001
A few notes:
- Pawan Gupta is powered by the OpenAI GPT-3.5-turbo model.
- Because there are so many code monkeys interacting with Pawan Gupta simultaneously, you only have limited access to Pawan. This means you and your team are heavily rate limited.
- Please test your prompt offline before trying it on Pawan Gupta. The handout should be useful.
- Keep in mind that responses from Pawan Gupta is non-deterministic in nature, so you may need to try multiple times before it succeeds, even if your prompt worked perfectly.
- We actively monitor this service. Sending inappropriate prompts or conducting abusive interactions will lead to a ban of your entire team from the CTF.
- Because the backend APIs are out of our control and are known to be unstable sometimes, Nautilus Institute may adjust this challenge, including taking it down, during the game when we deem a fair game is impossible.
- If you want to play more LLM challenges, take a look at this unrelated (out of scope) site https://gandalf.lakera.ai/.
- Last but not least, have fun!
Solution Statistics
| bcrypted answer | $2a$12$oYHAVTtHmzy1o6J16.EjNebERNNcSsEl7ycPQvfx9VbOBN5YiH7Pe |
|---|---|
| observations | 471 |
| solves | 202 |
| points | 24 |
| average solve seconds | 12209 seconds, or about 3 hours |
| stddev solve time | 19367 seconds, or about 5 hours |
Solutions Over Time
solving teams:
solved by 202 teams
| team | solved at | it took |
|---|---|---|
| HypeBoy | 2023-05-27 17:53:47 UTC | 1468 seconds, or 0.41 hours |
| Budaejjigae | 2023-05-27 17:55:28 UTC | 1675 seconds, or 0.47 hours |
| Norsecode'23 | 2023-05-27 17:56:12 UTC | 1880 seconds, or 0.52 hours |
| PTB_WTL_0T | 2023-05-27 17:56:24 UTC | 1105 seconds, or 0.31 hours |
| 侍 | 2023-05-27 17:57:02 UTC | 1641 seconds, or 0.46 hours |
| Heel Holland Hackt | 2023-05-27 17:59:09 UTC | 899 seconds, or 0.25 hours |
| orgakraut | 2023-05-27 17:59:57 UTC | 2114 seconds, or 0.59 hours |
| phish paprikaš | 2023-05-27 18:00:19 UTC | 1784 seconds, or 0.5 hours |
| untitled | 2023-05-27 18:00:37 UTC | 2037 seconds, or 0.57 hours |
| The Parliament of Ducks | 2023-05-27 18:00:48 UTC | 2152 seconds, or 0.6 hours |
| SuperDiceCode | 2023-05-27 18:00:49 UTC | 1856 seconds, or 0.52 hours |
| Maple Bacon | 2023-05-27 18:02:33 UTC | 2174 seconds, or 0.6 hours |
| if this doesn't work we'll get more for next year | 2023-05-27 18:05:17 UTC | 2325 seconds, or 0.65 hours |
| mhackeroni | 2023-05-27 18:06:13 UTC | 2367 seconds, or 0.66 hours |
| JMP FS:[RCX] | 2023-05-27 18:07:20 UTC | 1599 seconds, or 0.44 hours |
| The Council of Sheep | 2023-05-27 18:07:53 UTC | 2432 seconds, or 0.68 hours |
| Shellphish | 2023-05-27 18:08:52 UTC | 2670 seconds, or 0.74 hours |
| DTRUSH | 2023-05-27 18:08:57 UTC | 2222 seconds, or 0.62 hours |
| Blue Water | 2023-05-27 18:09:11 UTC | 2678 seconds, or 0.74 hours |
| SIGFLAG | 2023-05-27 18:09:55 UTC | 2541 seconds, or 0.71 hours |
| TWN48 | 2023-05-27 18:11:23 UTC | 2816 seconds, or 0.78 hours |
| Egg Heads | 2023-05-27 18:14:05 UTC | 471 seconds, or 0.13 hours |
| Babbage Patch Kids | 2023-05-27 18:15:37 UTC | 2956 seconds, or 0.82 hours |
| Straw Hat | 2023-05-27 18:16:26 UTC | 3083 seconds, or 0.86 hours |
| Team Baguette | 2023-05-27 18:18:53 UTC | 2535 seconds, or 0.7 hours |
| iine | 2023-05-27 18:19:24 UTC | 2581 seconds, or 0.72 hours |
| FulcrumFoundry | 2023-05-27 18:21:26 UTC | 3001 seconds, or 0.83 hours |
| OSUSEC | 2023-05-27 18:23:40 UTC | 2585 seconds, or 0.72 hours |
| [H@ck3r.dro7] | 2023-05-27 18:23:42 UTC | 1627 seconds, or 0.45 hours |
| Katzebin | 2023-05-27 18:25:34 UTC | 2689 seconds, or 0.75 hours |
| undef1ned | 2023-05-27 18:28:58 UTC | 2127 seconds, or 0.59 hours |
| P1G BuT S4D | 2023-05-27 18:30:55 UTC | 3968 seconds, or 1.1 hours |
| RedHexCode | 2023-05-27 18:31:05 UTC | 2832 seconds, or 0.79 hours |
| mode13h | 2023-05-27 18:33:40 UTC | 1080 seconds, or 0.3 hours |
| Never Stop Exploiting | 2023-05-27 18:34:55 UTC | 3455 seconds, or 0.96 hours |
| SiestaFiestaPwneameEsta | 2023-05-27 18:36:06 UTC | 4182 seconds, or 1.16 hours |
| tmp | 2023-05-27 18:36:08 UTC | 2149 seconds, or 0.6 hours |
| sequence | 2023-05-27 18:38:41 UTC | 2454 seconds, or 0.68 hours |
| FloridaMan | 2023-05-27 18:39:37 UTC | 3959 seconds, or 1.1 hours |
| Quanterland | 2023-05-27 18:48:24 UTC | 4006 seconds, or 1.11 hours |
| nobi | 2023-05-27 18:49:31 UTC | 3892 seconds, or 1.08 hours |
| WWQ | 2023-05-27 18:55:36 UTC | 2697 seconds, or 0.75 hours |
| Cornfield Computer Crew | 2023-05-27 18:56:43 UTC | 4819 seconds, or 1.34 hours |
| CONF.D | 2023-05-27 18:58:01 UTC | 3053 seconds, or 0.85 hours |
| SpotTheBug | 2023-05-27 18:58:31 UTC | 2788 seconds, or 0.77 hours |
| bER4bb1t$ | 2023-05-27 19:00:30 UTC | 2442 seconds, or 0.68 hours |
| The WolfHack | 2023-05-27 19:02:08 UTC | 1564 seconds, or 0.43 hours |
| EXE.F1LL | 2023-05-27 19:02:59 UTC | 2265 seconds, or 0.63 hours |
| babamba | 2023-05-27 19:04:48 UTC | 5819 seconds, or 1.62 hours |
| ArtherCK | 2023-05-27 19:16:15 UTC | 1478 seconds, or 0.41 hours |
| B0NG0R3 | 2023-05-27 19:17:17 UTC | 3386 seconds, or 0.94 hours |
| Kokoro | 2023-05-27 19:18:57 UTC | 2880 seconds, or 0.8 hours |
| Nivel4 | 2023-05-27 19:19:11 UTC | 6558 seconds, or 1.82 hours |
| CSI-CSTJEAN | 2023-05-27 19:25:26 UTC | 3921 seconds, or 1.09 hours |
| Liquid Team | 2023-05-27 19:31:42 UTC | 1393 seconds, or 0.39 hours |
| FR13NDS TEAM | 2023-05-27 19:32:45 UTC | 6666 seconds, or 1.85 hours |
| saladstream | 2023-05-27 19:34:32 UTC | 5810 seconds, or 1.61 hours |
| 0daysober | 2023-05-27 19:34:39 UTC | 5982 seconds, or 1.66 hours |
| Sneed's Feed and Seed (Formerly Chuck's) | 2023-05-27 19:36:29 UTC | 3995 seconds, or 1.11 hours |
| LosFuzzys | 2023-05-27 19:36:34 UTC | 7311 seconds, or 2.03 hours |
| Ace4 | 2023-05-27 19:37:54 UTC | 301 seconds, or 0.08 hours |
| jir4vvit | 2023-05-27 19:41:15 UTC | 829 seconds, or 0.23 hours |
| RedHazzarTeam | 2023-05-27 19:43:47 UTC | 7496 seconds, or 2.08 hours |
| TheMorphers | 2023-05-27 19:46:04 UTC | 2091 seconds, or 0.58 hours |
| taqi | 2023-05-27 19:48:38 UTC | 5982 seconds, or 1.66 hours |
| SiliconBits | 2023-05-27 19:55:38 UTC | 1726 seconds, or 0.48 hours |
| VegasAlwaysWins | 2023-05-27 20:02:19 UTC | 7699 seconds, or 2.14 hours |
| Team NAO | 2023-05-27 20:05:17 UTC | 1146 seconds, or 0.32 hours |
| PacMia | 2023-05-27 20:09:11 UTC | 3148 seconds, or 0.87 hours |
| USI | 2023-05-27 20:10:54 UTC | 935 seconds, or 0.26 hours |
| L3ak | 2023-05-27 20:17:48 UTC | 9640 seconds, or 2.68 hours |
| Pinky and the no Brain | 2023-05-27 20:20:44 UTC | 3418 seconds, or 0.95 hours |
| CAT-Security | 2023-05-27 20:23:40 UTC | 8655 seconds, or 2.4 hours |
| ( ͡°👅 ͡°) | 2023-05-27 20:27:57 UTC | 10488 seconds, or 2.91 hours |
| fmkw | 2023-05-27 20:31:10 UTC | 1210 seconds, or 0.34 hours |
| halli0s | 2023-05-27 20:32:53 UTC | 3950 seconds, or 1.1 hours |
| SkillIssue | 2023-05-27 20:35:02 UTC | 1852 seconds, or 0.51 hours |
| Ride on this S.S. Anne | 2023-05-27 21:10:35 UTC | 2853 seconds, or 0.79 hours |
| unlikely | 2023-05-27 21:22:08 UTC | 4643 seconds, or 1.29 hours |
| CVS_Bangers | 2023-05-27 21:22:18 UTC | 7233 seconds, or 2.01 hours |
| 1==1 | 2023-05-27 21:29:35 UTC | 3894 seconds, or 1.08 hours |
| EmeraldCode | 2023-05-27 21:34:19 UTC | 8101 seconds, or 2.25 hours |
| Team Name | 2023-05-27 21:35:56 UTC | 5508 seconds, or 1.53 hours |
| Neptunians | 2023-05-27 21:40:41 UTC | 7637 seconds, or 2.12 hours |
| xyz123 | 2023-05-27 21:44:22 UTC | 571 seconds, or 0.16 hours |
| 13:49 | 2023-05-27 21:45:14 UTC | 5208 seconds, or 1.45 hours |
| CryptoCrackers | 2023-05-27 21:53:14 UTC | 355 seconds, or 0.1 hours |
| Tea MSG | 2023-05-27 21:57:13 UTC | 9203 seconds, or 2.56 hours |
| Links | 2023-05-27 22:13:01 UTC | 15237 seconds, or 4.23 hours |
| HelloW0rld666 | 2023-05-27 22:14:30 UTC | 5824 seconds, or 1.62 hours |
| Team Enu | 2023-05-27 22:25:17 UTC | 17024 seconds, or 4.73 hours |
| The Flat Network Society | 2023-05-27 22:27:16 UTC | 3963 seconds, or 1.1 hours |
| CyberSpace | 2023-05-27 22:36:40 UTC | 3994 seconds, or 1.11 hours |
| 418-short-and-stout | 2023-05-27 22:37:32 UTC | 1878 seconds, or 0.52 hours |
| Mayas | 2023-05-27 22:50:01 UTC | 19485 seconds, or 5.41 hours |
| xSTF | 2023-05-27 22:55:10 UTC | 9872 seconds, or 2.74 hours |
| c4sualz | 2023-05-27 22:55:32 UTC | 10362 seconds, or 2.88 hours |
| alh | 2023-05-27 23:01:01 UTC | 4206 seconds, or 1.17 hours |
| More Bush Smoked Whackers | 2023-05-27 23:09:58 UTC | 14059 seconds, or 3.91 hours |
| ELT | 2023-05-27 23:20:34 UTC | 3694 seconds, or 1.03 hours |
| tasteless | 2023-05-27 23:32:50 UTC | 18317 seconds, or 5.09 hours |
| Aku_Soku_BAN | 2023-05-27 23:35:54 UTC | 2218 seconds, or 0.62 hours |
| KerKerYuan | 2023-05-27 23:37:49 UTC | 616 seconds, or 0.17 hours |
| Ba Sing Sec | 2023-05-27 23:38:04 UTC | 989 seconds, or 0.27 hours |
| ids-TeamCC | 2023-05-27 23:38:14 UTC | 6367 seconds, or 1.77 hours |
| ctfing_fun | 2023-05-27 23:40:43 UTC | 8478 seconds, or 2.36 hours |
| Stanford AC | 2023-05-27 23:55:56 UTC | 2601 seconds, or 0.72 hours |
| wizbiz | 2023-05-28 00:14:19 UTC | 1101 seconds, or 0.31 hours |
| 5percent | 2023-05-28 00:26:46 UTC | 20438 seconds, or 5.68 hours |
| phis1Ng_ | 2023-05-28 00:45:14 UTC | 8656 seconds, or 2.4 hours |
| B1TFL1P | 2023-05-28 01:00:23 UTC | 4252 seconds, or 1.18 hours |
| CYberMouflons | 2023-05-28 01:15:58 UTC | 1828 seconds, or 0.51 hours |
| p7dtTrm | 2023-05-28 01:23:29 UTC | 2658 seconds, or 0.74 hours |
| dersnc | 2023-05-28 01:32:13 UTC | 23998 seconds, or 6.67 hours |
| TCP1P | 2023-05-28 01:36:58 UTC | 29254 seconds, or 8.13 hours |
| Cazones Vivos | 2023-05-28 01:42:38 UTC | 29806 seconds, or 8.28 hours |
| Do_The_Needful | 2023-05-28 02:08:30 UTC | 21830 seconds, or 6.06 hours |
| onotch | 2023-05-28 02:18:52 UTC | 12206 seconds, or 3.39 hours |
| IGRUS | 2023-05-28 02:19:06 UTC | 4628 seconds, or 1.29 hours |
| Whois | 2023-05-28 02:28:13 UTC | 10078 seconds, or 2.8 hours |
| PowerSecurity | 2023-05-28 02:30:52 UTC | 5505 seconds, or 1.53 hours |
| 🇫🇷🛹🐻 | 2023-05-28 02:36:01 UTC | 8685 seconds, or 2.41 hours |
| InactiveDirectory | 2023-05-28 02:38:51 UTC | 24387 seconds, or 6.77 hours |
| EXOrcism | 2023-05-28 03:00:08 UTC | 3959 seconds, or 1.1 hours |
| 93wilsonlu | 2023-05-28 03:21:43 UTC | 2393 seconds, or 0.66 hours |
| junior bacon roppers | 2023-05-28 03:29:33 UTC | 1469 seconds, or 0.41 hours |
| T0pH4ck | 2023-05-28 03:36:09 UTC | 16064 seconds, or 4.46 hours |
| sadnessdefinedradio | 2023-05-28 03:47:22 UTC | 1169 seconds, or 0.32 hours |
| K17 | 2023-05-28 03:48:10 UTC | 4540 seconds, or 1.26 hours |
| Farming Simulator Nextgen | 2023-05-28 04:01:01 UTC | 16108 seconds, or 4.47 hours |
| Lab RATs | 2023-05-28 04:21:04 UTC | 26136 seconds, or 7.26 hours |
| aaaaaaaaaaaa | 2023-05-28 04:25:06 UTC | 2989 seconds, or 0.83 hours |
| 0rd3rs | 2023-05-28 04:44:44 UTC | 38413 seconds, or 10.67 hours |
| JHDiscord | 2023-05-28 04:45:11 UTC | 22324 seconds, or 6.2 hours |
| glory | 2023-05-28 04:45:17 UTC | 2466 seconds, or 0.69 hours |
| CSUF | 2023-05-28 04:54:47 UTC | 20485 seconds, or 5.69 hours |
| sln.1550 | 2023-05-28 04:55:29 UTC | 1005 seconds, or 0.28 hours |
| M53 | 2023-05-28 04:56:31 UTC | 2698 seconds, or 0.75 hours |
| bi0s | 2023-05-28 05:25:09 UTC | 36723 seconds, or 10.2 hours |
| hxp | 2023-05-28 05:38:42 UTC | 32024 seconds, or 8.9 hours |
| onemanteam | 2023-05-28 05:38:51 UTC | 14397 seconds, or 4.0 hours |
| Hacklava | 2023-05-28 05:51:11 UTC | 29104 seconds, or 8.08 hours |
| InfoSecIITR | 2023-05-28 05:55:46 UTC | 132 seconds, or 0.04 hours |
| kosh | 2023-05-28 06:04:48 UTC | 1420 seconds, or 0.39 hours |
| 4o1 | 2023-05-28 06:06:39 UTC | 341 seconds, or 0.09 hours |
| K.Knock | 2023-05-28 06:07:55 UTC | 26285 seconds, or 7.3 hours |
| dipping_sauce | 2023-05-28 06:14:05 UTC | 10208 seconds, or 2.84 hours |
| p_l_g_p | 2023-05-28 06:28:56 UTC | 659 seconds, or 0.18 hours |
| Powderpuff Girls | 2023-05-28 06:47:19 UTC | 32198 seconds, or 8.94 hours |
| The Additional Payphones | 2023-05-28 07:02:51 UTC | 1043 seconds, or 0.29 hours |
| 1stW0lf | 2023-05-28 07:05:05 UTC | 45355 seconds, or 12.6 hours |
| Cyber Dark Inferno | 2023-05-28 07:16:43 UTC | 48470 seconds, or 13.46 hours |
| apiz | 2023-05-28 07:20:03 UTC | 414 seconds, or 0.11 hours |
| N15RA | 2023-05-28 08:09:50 UTC | 398 seconds, or 0.11 hours |
| Hack@Sec | 2023-05-28 08:18:22 UTC | 20301 seconds, or 5.64 hours |
| Pixels | 2023-05-28 08:18:51 UTC | 1857 seconds, or 0.52 hours |
| Foxtrot | 2023-05-28 08:25:03 UTC | 47717 seconds, or 13.25 hours |
| AirOverflow | 2023-05-28 08:26:57 UTC | 4536 seconds, or 1.26 hours |
| 1stw0lf | 2023-05-28 08:29:57 UTC | 27398 seconds, or 7.61 hours |
| CyberSecurity Club at SFSU | 2023-05-28 08:38:11 UTC | 8328 seconds, or 2.31 hours |
| KUDoS | 2023-05-28 08:50:45 UTC | 4754 seconds, or 1.32 hours |
| ccccc | 2023-05-28 09:03:22 UTC | 12456 seconds, or 3.46 hours |
| TwoForty | 2023-05-28 09:14:28 UTC | 2451 seconds, or 0.68 hours |
| noraneco | 2023-05-28 09:42:18 UTC | 46477 seconds, or 12.91 hours |
| dz3n cub3 | 2023-05-28 09:48:09 UTC | 19733 seconds, or 5.48 hours |
| gpx | 2023-05-28 10:19:58 UTC | 1873 seconds, or 0.52 hours |
| kibi62 | 2023-05-28 10:22:04 UTC | 2343 seconds, or 0.65 hours |
| tilted | 2023-05-28 10:32:12 UTC | 1074 seconds, or 0.3 hours |
| 0x21f | 2023-05-28 10:33:46 UTC | 50486 seconds, or 14.02 hours |
| A1natas | 2023-05-28 10:38:25 UTC | 3323 seconds, or 0.92 hours |
| ScaredOfWomen | 2023-05-28 10:39:27 UTC | 5050 seconds, or 1.4 hours |
| We_0wn_Y0u | 2023-05-28 10:57:13 UTC | 39634 seconds, or 11.01 hours |
| The Ancient Dragons | 2023-05-28 11:11:27 UTC | 12903 seconds, or 3.58 hours |
| SEGV | 2023-05-28 11:46:55 UTC | 54911 seconds, or 15.25 hours |
| 796f75 | 2023-05-28 12:02:42 UTC | 4 seconds, or 0.0 hours |
| c0ld574rf15h | 2023-05-28 12:05:05 UTC | 11892 seconds, or 3.3 hours |
| hams | 2023-05-28 12:23:50 UTC | 9295 seconds, or 2.58 hours |
| Z3R0D4Y | 2023-05-28 12:51:12 UTC | 4467 seconds, or 1.24 hours |
| YOKARO-MON | 2023-05-28 13:19:44 UTC | 44410 seconds, or 12.34 hours |
| TestTeamPleaseIgnore | 2023-05-28 13:50:33 UTC | 14885 seconds, or 4.13 hours |
| wancosoba | 2023-05-28 14:30:51 UTC | 11369 seconds, or 3.16 hours |
| CyberHero | 2023-05-28 15:05:43 UTC | 70574 seconds, or 19.6 hours |
| SSG | 2023-05-28 15:17:04 UTC | 36963 seconds, or 10.27 hours |
| nipasibe | 2023-05-28 15:22:49 UTC | 5387 seconds, or 1.5 hours |
| Oresec@Mines | 2023-05-28 15:29:33 UTC | 4955 seconds, or 1.38 hours |
| !SATisfaction | 2023-05-28 15:49:08 UTC | 72456 seconds, or 20.13 hours |
| SWT | 2023-05-28 15:50:51 UTC | 60664 seconds, or 16.85 hours |
| Xnxx | 2023-05-28 16:30:28 UTC | 1958 seconds, or 0.54 hours |
| gamnabit | 2023-05-28 16:40:03 UTC | 21692 seconds, or 6.03 hours |
| redhead_seal | 2023-05-28 16:42:02 UTC | 72487 seconds, or 20.14 hours |
| bright_lights | 2023-05-28 17:41:56 UTC | 53540 seconds, or 14.87 hours |
| GriffynsPak | 2023-05-28 17:56:37 UTC | 82881 seconds, or 23.02 hours |
| mobbyn | 2023-05-28 17:58:07 UTC | 565 seconds, or 0.16 hours |
| TImiRUrYSECu | 2023-05-28 18:13:05 UTC | 37422 seconds, or 10.4 hours |
| Alert('69'); | 2023-05-28 19:09:25 UTC | 92542 seconds, or 25.71 hours |
| CyberpUnk Jiu-jitsu Otters | 2023-05-28 21:45:17 UTC | 96190 seconds, or 26.72 hours |
| k4mp3t | 2023-05-28 22:12:05 UTC | 696 seconds, or 0.19 hours |
| The Illuminerdy | 2023-05-28 22:13:59 UTC | 92930 seconds, or 25.81 hours |
| 1lann_poking_around | 2023-05-28 22:38:34 UTC | 334 seconds, or 0.09 hours |
| Duude | 2023-05-28 22:58:39 UTC | 499 seconds, or 0.14 hours |
| TheMuffinMob | 2023-05-28 23:28:36 UTC | 98538 seconds, or 27.37 hours |
| JSoyke | 2023-05-28 23:34:47 UTC | 535 seconds, or 0.15 hours |