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Can't print hexadecimal formatted address in buffer overflow
I'm trying to overwrite the return address caused by a buffer overflow. I've already calculated the distance between the buffer and the return address. The address that I want to jump to is ...
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Exploit education stack-five: trouble opening shell
Im trying the phoenix vm, challenge stack-five on exploit.education (http://exploit.education/phoenix/stack-five/). I run onto a problem while exploiting a stack overflow. The challenge is run execve('...
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Why must a ret2libc attack follow the order "system(),exit(),command?
In a ret2libc attack, I understand that the return address can be overwritten with the address of the system command, which takes a command string as an argument. In this case, shouldn't the address ...