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Exploiting Lua 5.1 on 32-bit Windows

The following Lua program generates a Lua bytecode program called ignore-unsigned-sga.fnt, which in turn loads a DLL from within an extremely locked down Lua 5.1 sandbox in a program called RelicCOH2.exe. The remainder of this document attempts to explain how this program works by a whirlwind tour of relevent bits of the Lua 5.1 virtual machine.

if string.dump(function()end):sub(1, 12) ~= "\27Lua\81\0\1\4\4\4\8\0" then
  error("This generator requires a 32-bit version of Lua 5.1")
end

local function outer()
  local magic -- In bytecode, the stack slot corresponding to this local is changed
@aras-p
aras-p / preprocessor_fun.h
Last active October 9, 2025 17:55
Things to commit just before leaving your job
// Just before switching jobs:
// Add one of these.
// Preferably into the same commit where you do a large merge.
//
// This started as a tweet with a joke of "C++ pro-tip: #define private public",
// and then it quickly escalated into more and more evil suggestions.
// I've tried to capture interesting suggestions here.
//
// Contributors: @r2d2rigo, @joeldevahl, @msinilo, @_Humus_,
// @YuriyODonnell, @rygorous, @cmuratori, @mike_acton, @grumpygiant,
@soarez
soarez / ca.md
Last active July 27, 2025 23:20
How to setup your own CA with OpenSSL

How to setup your own CA with OpenSSL

For educational reasons I've decided to create my own CA. Here is what I learned.

First things first

Lets get some context first.

@technion
technion / Password References.md
Last active June 11, 2025 12:07
A set of references on modern password policies

References on modern password policies

Below links provide source, reference link and relevant quote

Standards

NIST

https://github.com/usnistgov/800-63-3/blob/nist-pages/sp800-63b/sec5_authenticators.md

Verifiers SHOULD NOT impose other composition rules (e.g., requiring mixtures of different character types or prohibiting consecutively repeated characters) for memorized secrets. Verifiers SHOULD NOT require memorized secrets to be changed arbitrarily (e.g., periodically).However, verifiers SHALL force a change if there is evidence of compromise of the authenticator.

Major organisations

@wrunk
wrunk / jinja2_file_less.py
Last active April 14, 2025 10:17
python jinja2 examples
#!/usr/bin/env/python
#
# More of a reference of using jinaj2 without actual template files.
# This is great for a simple output transformation to standard out.
#
# Of course you will need to "sudo pip install jinja2" first!
#
# I like to refer to the following to remember how to use jinja2 :)
# http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/templates/
#
@mara004
mara004 / ghostscript_ffi.py
Last active April 14, 2025 01:06
PDF rendering with Ghostscript, revisited (ABI bindings, in-memory approach)
# Four lines intentionally left blank
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 geisserml <geisserml@gmail.com>
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0 OR GPL-3.0-or-later
# Note that Ghostscript is AGPL-licensed, so this code is altogether affected by copyleft
# Written with Ghostscript 9.56.1 on Fedora.
@ghoseb
ghoseb / factorial.py
Created November 14, 2008 18:58
The evolution of a Python Programmer
#Newbie programmer
def factorial(x):
if x == 0:
return 1
else:
return x * factorial(x - 1)
print factorial(6)
#First year programmer, studied Pascal
@kwk
kwk / Makefile
Last active March 14, 2025 08:43
Compiling with Address Sanitizer (ASAN) with CLANG and with GCC-4.8
.PHONY: using-gcc using-gcc-static using-clang
using-gcc:
g++-4.8 -o main-gcc -lasan -O -g -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer main.cpp && \
ASAN_OPTIONS=symbolize=1 ASAN_SYMBOLIZER_PATH=$(shell which llvm-symbolizer) ./main-gcc
using-gcc-static:
g++-4.8 -o main-gcc-static -static-libstdc++ -static-libasan -O -g -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer main.cpp && \
ASAN_OPTIONS=symbolize=1 ASAN_SYMBOLIZER_PATH=$(shell which llvm-symbolizer) ./main-gcc-static
@jennyknuth
jennyknuth / README.md
Last active March 5, 2025 18:51
Transform an SVG into a data URI—best practice

How to transform an SVG into a data URI

by Jenny Knuth, based on the work of Chris Coyier and Taylor Hunt

A data URI is a nice way to include a web resource without needing to make an HTTP request. Chris Coyier explains the technique nicely in Probably Don't Base64 SVG.

While a PNG might use Base64 encoding, for SVG, there is a better way.

Taylor Hunt's experiments led to this solution for optimizing SVGs in data URIs:

"So the best way of encoding SVG in a data URI is data:image/svg+xml,[actual data]. We don’t need the ;charset=utf-8 parameter (or the invalid ;utf8 parameter…), because URLs are always ASCII."

@KevinGoodsell
KevinGoodsell / terminals.txt
Created December 17, 2010 00:32
The Trouble With Terminals
The Trouble With Terminals
Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:43:20 -0800
Copyright 2010 Kevin Goodsell
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Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. To view a