Gray Hat Hacking The Ethical Hacker's Handbook, Fourth Edition, 4th Edition

CHAPTER 11

 

Advanced Linux Exploits

Now that you have the basics under your belt from reading Chapter 10, you are ready to study more advanced Linux exploits. The field is advancing constantly, and there are always new techniques discovered by the hackers and countermeasures implemented by developers. No matter how you approach the problem, you need to move beyond the basics. That said, we can only go so far in this book; your journey is only beginning. The “For Further Reading” section will give you more destinations to explore.

            In this chapter, we cover the following topics:

            •  Format string exploits

            •  Memory protection schemes

 

Format String Exploits

Format string exploits became public in late 2000. ...