Uninformed: Informative Information for the Uninformed

Vol 6» 2007.Jan


... user-mode2.1
This is not true in all cases. The authors would like to take care to mention that solutions like grsecurity from the PaX team have had support for features that help to provide kernel-level security. Furthermore, stack canary implementations have existed and are integrated with many mainstream kernels. However, not all device drivers have been compiled to take advantage of these new enhancements
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... with2.2
So long as it's a task-oriented operating system with a clear separation between system and user
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... thumb2.3
This fact hasn't stopped developers from using dangerous string functions
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... 256KB2.4
This default limit is controlled by the optional header of an executable binary
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... this4.1
Note, this implementation is only designed to work on XP SP2 and Windows 2003 Server SP1. Modifications would need to be made to make it work on previous versions of XP and 2003.
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... portable5.1
Experimentation shows that 0x8066662c is a reliable location
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... exploit6.1
Keeping in mind, of course, that there are indeed kernel-mode vulnerabilities that are difficult to exploit in just the same way that there are indeed user-mode vulnerabilities that are difficult to exploit.
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