Web Exploitation - A Christmas Crisis

Task

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• What is the name of the cookie used for authentication?

  auth
  

• In what format is the value of this cookie encoded?

  hexadecimal
  

• Having decoded the cookie, what format is the data stored in?

  json
  

• What is the value of Santa’s cookie?

  7b22636f6d70616e79223a22546865204265737420466573746976616c20436f6d70616e79222c2022757365726e616d65223a2273616e7461227d
  

• What is the flag you’re given when the line is fully active?

  [redacted challenge flag]