PicoCTF - Python Wrangling

Download the python script, pw.txt and flag.txt.en.

cat pw.txt
cat flag.txt.en
python3 ende.py -d flag.txt.en

Enter the password of pw.txt and you get the flag.

import sys
import base64
from cryptography.fernet import Fernet



usage_msg = "Usage: "+ sys.argv[0] +" (-e/-d) [file]"
help_msg = usage_msg + "\n" +\
        "Examples:\n" +\
        "  To decrypt a file named 'pole.txt', do: " +\
        "'$ python "+ sys.argv[0] +" -d pole.txt'\n"



if len(sys.argv) < 2 or len(sys.argv) > 4:
    print(usage_msg)
    sys.exit(1)



if sys.argv[1] == "-e":
    if len(sys.argv) < 4:
        sim_sala_bim = input("Please enter the password:")
    else:
        sim_sala_bim = sys.argv[3]

    ssb_b64 = base64.b64encode(sim_sala_bim.encode())
    c = Fernet(ssb_b64)

    with open(sys.argv[2], "rb") as f:
        data = f.read()
        data_c = c.encrypt(data)
        sys.stdout.write(data_c.decode())


elif sys.argv[1] == "-d":
    if len(sys.argv) < 4:
        sim_sala_bim = input("Please enter the password:")
    else:
        sim_sala_bim = sys.argv[3]

    ssb_b64 = base64.b64encode(sim_sala_bim.encode())
    c = Fernet(ssb_b64)

    with open(sys.argv[2], "r") as f:
        data = f.read()
        data_c = c.decrypt(data.encode())
        sys.stdout.buffer.write(data_c)


elif sys.argv[1] == "-h" or sys.argv[1] == "--help":
    print(help_msg)
    sys.exit(1)


else:
    print("Unrecognized first argument: "+ sys.argv[1])
    print("Please use '-e', '-d', or '-h'.")