Exploitation

Exploitation is the process of taking advantage of vulnerabilities in binary applications, usually resulting in arbitrary code execution.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffer_overflow
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_buffer_overflow

Introduction

• http://pentest.cryptocity.net/exploitation/
• Smashing The Stack For Fun And Profit
• Corelan Team Exploit writing tutorial part 1: Stack Based Overflows
• Introduction to return oriented programming (ROP)

Research

• Heap Feng Shui

Shellcode

• https://github.com/isislab/Shellcode
• http://shell-storm.org/shellcode/

Resources

• A Journey Into Exploitation
• it-sec-catalog Exploitation
• Darmouth College: Useful Security and Privacy links
• Corelan Team Articles
• List of useful resources on different vulnerabilities
• Debugging Fundamentals for Exploit Development
• OllyDbg Tricks for Exploit Development