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Debugging SUID for privilege escalation
When doing privilege escalation, assuming an application with the SUID set and a debugger, what stops us from starting a shell from within the debugger? I mean just write the shell code in an ...
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Trick needed to make use of a local buffer overflow vulnerability to obtain root
I am working on a certain CTF trying to gain root privileges in it, I found a vulnerable program to buffer overflow vulnerability with Non executable stack security level (NX), I developed an exploit ...
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Shell not always escalating privileges in narnia
I'm going through the various overthewire wargames and I have a question about narnia0. The code in c contains
if(val==0xdeadbeef)
system("/bin/sh");
else {
printf("WAY OFF!!!!\n");
I got it to work ...
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Privilege escalation fails outside gdb
I have an application with the following source code:
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int bof(char *str)
{
char buffer[12];
strcpy(buffer, str);
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