# taviso/ctftool

Interactive CTF Exploration Tool

Repository: https://github.com/taviso/ctftool
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ctftool
Language: C
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: security, reverse-engineering, windows, windows-internals
Last push: 2021-09-17T21:02:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2644, "days_push": 1811, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1667, forks 263 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:19.687731+00:00)

## What it is
An interactive command-line tool for exploring the CTF (Clipboard/Text Services Framework) protocol used by Windows Text Services. It supports scripting, fuzzing, and security research against CTF clients and servers, including a known SYSTEM privilege escalation exploit.

## Use cases
- analyze Windows CTF protocol interactions
- fuzz Windows Text Input Processor clients and servers
- research Windows internals and ALPC security
- test the CTF SYSTEM privilege escalation exploit
- automate interaction with CTF clients via scripts

## When to choose
- you are doing Windows security research on the CTF/Text Services Framework
- you need to debug or fuzz CTF client/server communication on Windows 7-10

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose Windows exploitation framework
- you are not working on Windows or with Windows internals

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: reverse-engineering, security, penetration-testing, fuzzing, cli
- domain: security, reverse-engineering, windows, operating-systems
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: ctf, alpc, text-services-framework, windows-internals, exploitation, interactive-shell

## Member repositories
- taviso/ctftool (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:19.687731+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:42:53.809281+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/taviso/ctftool (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:19.687731+00:00, sha 6050fe7a16c3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.