CHAPTER 10
Basic Linux Exploits
In this chapter, we cover the following topics:
• Stack operations and function-calling procedures
• Buffer overflows
• Local buffer overflow exploits
• Exploit development process
Why study exploits? Ethical hackers should study exploits to understand whether vulnerabilities are exploitable. Sometimes security professionals mistakenly believe and will publicly state that a certain vulnerability isn’t exploitable, but black hat hackers know otherwise. One person’s inability to find an exploit for a vulnerability doesn’t mean someone else can’t. It’s a matter of time and skill level. Therefore, ethical hackers must understand how to exploit vulnerabilities and check for themselves. In the process, they ...
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