Introduction
In this post, I will first give a detailed explanation on how virtual function works on Linux platform. Based on my given information, I will further explain how virtual function call can be utilised to hijack control flow.Read More »
Month: December 2017
CODEBLUE CTF 2017 DEMOSCENEDB Write-up (House of Mind, seemingly wrong at present)
Introduction
This challenge is given on CodeBlue CTF 2017. Based on the source code provided on [1], I try to solve this challenge via House of Mind. I think it’s impossible for me to solve this in contest. As part of my tutorial, I decide to use this challenge for explaining House of Mind.Read More »
Introduction on Ptmalloc Part1
Introduction
Ptmalloc is the memory allocator used in libc. I am planning to give a detailed introduction on ptmalloc in two parts. This post is the first. In this post, I will introduce the common data structures used in ptmalloc and present the work flow of allocation procedure in ptmalloc. In the second part, I will present the work flow of deallocation and reallocation procedure in ptmalloc. Furthermore, I will also list the security checks used in ptmalloc. I use the source code of libc-2.25 for demonstration. Read More »
Hack.Lu CTF 2014 PWN Oreo Write-up
Introduction
This is an old pwn challenge in Hack.Lu 2014. As part of my tutorial, I use this challenge to present the idea of House of Spirit.Read More »
ELF file format and dynamic linking
Introduction
ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) is the file format of the executable file under Unix system. This post will give a basic demonstration on the ELF file format and briefly explain how dynamic link works. First of all, I will present the structure of an object file and basic data structures to resolve an ELF file. Next I will further present the structure of an executable file and how the dynamic linking works under unix system.Read More »
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