Another straight forward challenge, we get a hint about meta data and an image file, thus is safe to assume that the flag is hidden in the image’s EXIF’s data. The challenge’s image can be seen below
And as expected by using the exiftool command-line utility we get the flag flag{EEe_x_I_FFf}
$ exiftool 3UWLBAUCb9Z2.jpg
ExifTool Version Number : 12.76
File Name : 3UWLBAUCb9Z2.jpg
Directory : .
File Size : 104 kB
File Modification Date/Time : 2024:04:03 19:17:42-04:00
File Access Date/Time : 2024:04:19 15:11:19-04:00
File Inode Change Date/Time : 2024:04:03 19:17:42-04:00
File Permissions : -rw-r--r--
File Type : JPEG
File Type Extension : jpg
MIME Type : image/jpeg
JFIF Version : 1.01
Current IPTC Digest : dbad0204d16a63027791298bc460859a
Coded Character Set : UTF8
Application Record Version : 2
Digital Creation Time : 16:45:55
Digital Creation Date : 2014:12:27
Time Created : 16:45:55
IPTC Digest : dbad0204d16a63027791298bc460859a
Exif Byte Order : Big-endian (Motorola, MM)
Orientation : Horizontal (normal)
X Resolution : 72
Y Resolution : 72
Resolution Unit : inches
Software : Photos 1.5
Modify Date : 2014:12:27 16:45:55
Exif Version : 0221
Date/Time Original : 2014:12:27 16:45:55
Create Date : 2014:12:27 16:45:55
Components Configuration : Y, Cb, Cr, -
Light Source : Tungsten (Incandescent)
Flashpix Version : 0100
Color Space : sRGB
Exif Image Width : 4002
Exif Image Height : 1536
Scene Capture Type : Standard
Sharpness : Hard
Padding : (Binary data 2060 bytes, use -b option to extract)
XMP Toolkit : XMP Core 5.4.0
Creator Tool : Photos 1.5
Date Created : 2014:12:27 16:45:55
Warning : [minor] Fixed incorrect URI for xmlns:MicrosoftPhoto
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Camera Serial Number : flag{EEe_x_I_FFf}
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Image Width : 800
Image Height : 307
Encoding Process : Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample : 8
Color Components : 3
Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling : YCbCr4:2:0 (2 2)
Image Size : 800x307
Megapixels : 0.246
Date/Time Created : 2014:12:27 16:45:55
Digital Creation Date/Time : 2014:12:27 16:45:55