Corrupting the ARM Exception Vector Table

Introduction

A few months ago, I was writing a Linux kernel exploitation challenge on ARM in an attempt to learn about kernel exploitation and I thought I'd explore things a little. I chose the ARM architecture mainly because I thought it would be fun to look at. This article is …

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First dip into the kernel pool : MS10-058

Introduction

I am currently playing with pool-based memory corruption vulnerabilities. That’s why I wanted to program a PoC exploit for the vulnerability presented by Tarjei Mandt during his first talk “Kernel Pool Exploitation on Windows 7” [3]. I think it's a good exercise to start learning about pool overflows …

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