basic-exploitation

What problem does it solve?

This Skill provides a structured curriculum for learning fundamental exploit development techniques on Linux, specifically focusing on scenarios where modern security mitigations are disabled.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Stack Overflow Exploitation: Learn to control EIP/RIP and overwrite return addresses.
• ROP Chain Construction: Understand and build Return-Oriented Programming chains.
• Shellcode Injection: Develop and inject shellcode for privilege escalation.
• Use Case: A security researcher needs to understand the basics of how buffer overflows work before tackling more complex bypass techniques. This Skill provides the necessary exercises and explanations.

Quick Start

Use the basic-exploitation skill to compile and exploit the provided 'vuln1' C program.