Welcome everyone to 2012! I took a bit of a break during these holidays, and am just starting to get back going. This challenge was very interesting to me. I figured it would build off of the previous one. However, it was its own standalone challenge. We are given the following code to the stack7 …

The Stack6 challenge was definitely a learning experience for me. This actually went beyond my existing skills, and made me learn some new stuff. We are given the following code. #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> void getpath() { …

Wow, this challenge was a tough one for me. I ran into some huge problems that I had to work out. Considering this is a “standard buffer overflow”, I figured it’d be as easy as some of the others I’ve done in the past. I’ll explain my frustrations inline. First, …

With this challenge, I think things really start to get fun, and more real-world. We are provided with the following C program: #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> void win() { printf("code flow successfully changed\n"); } …

This challenge starts getting a little bit more involved than the previous ones. Instead of just providing a new value for the “modified” variable, we need to make the code jump to a method, changing the execution. #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #include …

This challenge is pretty much the same as the previous challenge, except that the buffer comes from an environmental variable. #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> int main(int argc, char **argv) { volatile int modified; char …