Overview
This course on spiking in buffer overflows teaches how to identify vulnerable commands within a program. The learning outcomes include understanding the art of spiking, connecting to Vulnserver, writing SPIKE scripts, and analyzing the results. The course focuses on practical skills such as using generic_send_tcp and spiking specific commands. The teaching method involves a video tutorial with timestamps for each topic. The intended audience for this course is individuals interested in cybersecurity, ethical hacking, and penetration testing.
Syllabus
- Housekeeping Items
- Connecting to Vulnserver
- Introducing generic_send_tcp
- Writing a SPIKE script
- Spiking the Vulnserver STATS command
- Writing a second SPIKE script
- Spiking the Vulnserver TRUN command / Reviewing results
Taught by
The Cyber Mentor