Binary Exploitation – Buffer Overflow Explained in Detail by Ahmed Hesham.
From the post:
So first of all I know that there are many tutorials published about buffer overflow and binary exploitation but I decided to write this article because most of these tutorials and articles don’t really talk about the basic fund[a]mentals needed to understand what a buffer overflow really is. They just go explaining what’s a buffer overflow without explaining what is a buffer, what is a stack or what are memory addresses etc. And I just wanted to make it easier for someone who wants to learn about it to find an article that covers the basics. So what I’m going to talk about in this article is what is a buffer , what is a stack and what are the memory addresses and we will take a look at the application memory structure , what is a buffer overflow and why does it happen then I’ll show a really basic and simple example for exploiting a buffer overflow (protostar stack0)
Too basic for most readers but not all. If you are looking for more advanced materials, try the blog at: https://0xrick.github.io/, which has five “Hack the Box” walk-throughs.
Later this week I will be posting about a subject identity approach to malware identification. Any suggestions on use of a subject identity approach to identify vulnerabilities?