Exploitation

Exploitation is the process of taking advantage of vulnerabilities in binary applications, usually resulting in arbitrary code execution.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffer_overflow
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_buffer_overflow

Introduction

• http://pentest.cryptocity.net/exploitation/
• Smashing The Stack For Fun And Profit

Resources

• A Journey Into Exploitation
• Darmouth College: Useful Security and Privacy links
• Corelan Team Articles
• List of useful resources on different vulnerabilities
• Debugging Fundamentals for Exploit Development
• OllyDbg Tricks for Exploit Development

Exploitation Mitigation Techniques

Exploitation mitigation techniques are mechanisms that are used to make exploitation of a vulnerability difficult or impossible.

Introduction

• Memory Errors: The Past, the Present, and the Future
• A Brief History of Exploitation Techniques & Mitigations on Windows

Techniques