Roof of Africa steghide keyed by Kilimanjaro

forensics
flag hiCTF{h4kun4_m4t4t4_m34ns_n0_w0rr13s}

Category: stego · Artifact: extracted/roof_of_africa.jpg (1600x1056 JPEG)

Hint

"…protected by the mountain's most famous number."

Africa's highest peak = Kilimanjaro, 5895 m. That number is the steghide passphrase.

The challenge image:

The challenge photo, roof_of_africa.jpg

Solve

bash 
1steghide extract -sf roof_of_africa.jpg -p 5895 -xf roof.txt
2cat roof.txt

(steghide info shows the file has embedded data; the mountain's height is the only key needed.)

Flag

output 
hiCTF{h4kun4_m4t4t4_m34ns_n0_w0rr13s}

("hakuna matata" = no worries - a nod to the mountain/lion theme.)