Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hacker's Handbook, Sixth Edition, 6th Edition

CHAPTER 13

Basic Windows Exploitation

In this chapter, we cover the following topics:

•   Compiling and debugging Windows programs

•   Writing Windows exploits

•   Understanding Structured Exception Handling (SEH)

•   Understanding and bypassing basic exploit mitigations such as SafeSEH

•   Return-oriented programming (ROP)

Microsoft Windows is by far the most commonly used operating system, for both professional and personal use, as shown in Figure 13-1. The percentages shown in this figure change often; however, it provides a good sense of the overall OS market share. At the time of this writing, Windows 10 is dominant at 67 percent of the market, with Windows 7 slowly declining, yet still almost 20 percent of the market. In terms of general ...