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The plaintext you obtained from the last question is used as a symmetric key to encrypt a secret message. The message is encrypted by openssl

The plaintext you obtained from the last question is used as a symmetric key to encrypt a secret message. The message is encrypted by openssl enc using aes-256-cbc cipher, nosalt, with the hex string of iv being 5a04ec902686fb05a6b7a338b6e07760.
The example command for encryption is (with the key replaced by ******) :
openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -nosalt -e -in secret.txt -out secret.txt.enc -K '*********'-iv '5a04ec902686fb05a6b7a338b6e07760'
secret.txt.enc is attached. Decrypt the secret, and find the message.
(When you decrypt the secret, you will receive a warning from openssl: "hex string is too short, padding with zero bytes to length". This is because the length of the private key we use is less than 256-bit. In such cases, openssl pads private key with zeros. Please use stronger keys in real life.)

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