Challenge Description
PicoCTF Hint: Look at the details of the file
That may be a clue for us to check the metadata of the file downloaded, we shall see!
Metadata of the file
Spot on! We can see that there is a suspicious string of characters at License section of the metadata after running exiftool. It also seems base64 encoded. Let’s head over to CyberChef and give it a try!
CyberChef output
Indeed, we managed to get the flag instantly!
Flag
picoCTF{the_m3tadata_1s_modified}