import hashlib def buggy_shift_right_1(data: bytes) -> bytes: """Replicates the VM's flawed, per-byte shift that ignores carries.""" return bytes(b >> 1 for b in data) def bitwise_not(data: bytes) -> bytes: """Inverts all bits in the byte array.""" return bytes(~b & 0xFF for b in data) def generate_dragonfly(flag: bytes) -> bytes: assert len(flag) == 29, "Flag must be exactly 29 bytes!" current_state = bitwise_not(flag) out_blob = bytearray() # 8 iterations: hash, then shift for _ in range(8): out_blob.extend(hashlib.sha256(current_state).digest()) current_state = buggy_shift_right_1(current_state) return bytes(out_blob) if __name__ == "__main__": # A test flag that matches your 29-byte requirement and format # 9 byte prefix + 19 byte payload + 1 byte suffix = 29 bytes test_flag = b"dach2026{0123456789abcdefgh!}" blob = generate_dragonfly(test_flag) with open("dragonfly.bin", "wb") as f: f.write(blob) print(f"[+] Wrote {len(blob)} bytes to dragonfly.bin") print("[!] Swap this file into the VM environment and test it.")