Exploitation Techniques

Master the art of vulnerability research and exploitation techniques. Learn about buffer overflows, shellcode development, and advanced exploitation methods.

Buffer Overflows
Shellcode
Exploit Development
Vulnerability Research

Buffer Overflows

Understanding memory corruption vulnerabilities and exploitation techniques.

Stack-Based Overflows

Basic Concepts

  • • Stack memory layout
  • • Return address overwrite
  • • EIP/RIP control
  • • Stack canaries

Exploitation Steps

  • • Pattern creation and offset calculation
  • • Bad character identification
  • • Shellcode placement
  • • Return address calculation

Heap-Based Overflows

Heap Management

  • • Dynamic memory allocation
  • • Heap metadata corruption
  • • Use-after-free vulnerabilities
  • • Double-free attacks

Exploitation Techniques

  • • Heap spraying
  • • ROP chain construction
  • • ASLR bypass techniques
  • • DEP/NX bypass

Shellcode Development

Creating and optimizing shellcode for various platforms and architectures.

Assembly & Machine Code

Architectures

  • • x86 (32-bit)
  • • x86-64 (64-bit)
  • • ARM (32/64-bit)
  • • MIPS

Shellcode Types

  • • Bind shell
  • • Reverse shell
  • • Download and execute
  • • Staged payloads

Optimization & Evasion

Size Optimization

  • • Instruction optimization
  • • Register reuse
  • • Null-byte elimination
  • • Bad character avoidance

Anti-Detection

  • • Encoder/decoder loops
  • • Polymorphic techniques
  • • Anti-debugging tricks
  • • Sandbox evasion

Advanced Exploitation

Modern exploitation techniques and bypass methods for security protections.

Return-Oriented Programming

ROP Chains

Gadget hunting, chain construction, stack pivoting

ASLR Bypass

Information disclosure, partial overwrites

Kernel Exploitation

Driver Vulnerabilities

IOCTL handling, memory corruption

Privilege Escalation

Token manipulation, process injection

Web Exploitation

Client-Side

XSS, CSRF, DOM manipulation

Server-Side

SQL injection, RCE, file inclusion

Tools & Frameworks

Essential tools for vulnerability research and exploit development.

Debugging Tools

  • • GDB (Linux)
  • • WinDbg (Windows)
  • • x64dbg
  • • Immunity Debugger
  • • OllyDbg

Exploit Frameworks

  • • Metasploit Framework
  • • Core Impact
  • • Canvas
  • • Cobalt Strike
  • • Empire

Analysis Tools

  • • IDA Pro
  • • Ghidra
  • • Radare2
  • • Binary Ninja
  • • Hopper