README.md

TechSec's Pwn Challenges

a panoply of pwn problems for pedagogical purposes

Suggested order of completion:

• stack (Stack-based buffer overflows, shellcoding)
  • bof [pwnable.kr]
  • asm [pwnable.kr]
  • Suggested reading:
    • https://github.com/TechSecCTF/meeting_notes/tree/master/Fall2017/11-06-17_stack_smashing
    • http://insecure.org/stf/smashstack.html
  • Tooling:
    • gdb
    • pwntools
• rop (Return-oriented programming, memory leaks)
  • rop [RPISEC]
  • leakRop [RPISEC]
  • makeLeak [RPISEC]
  • Suggested reading:
    • http://codearcana.com/posts/2013/05/28/introduction-to-return-oriented-programming-rop.html
    • https://github.com/TechSecCTF/CTF-pwn-tips/wiki/Shared-Libraries
    • https://systemoverlord.com/2017/03/19/got-and-plt-for-pwning.html
  • Tooling:
    • pwndbg
    • ROPgadget
• got (Global Offset Table overwrites)
  • passcode [pwnable.kr]
  • Suggested reading:
    • http://tk-blog.blogspot.com/2009/02/relro-not-so-well-known-memory.html
    • https://systemoverlord.com/2017/03/19/got-and-plt-for-pwning.html
• heap (Heap vulnerabilities)
  • unlink [pwnable.kr]
  • 0ctfbabyheap2017 [how2heap/0ctf]
  • 0ctfbabyheap2017_aslr [how2heap/0ctf]
  • 0ctfbabyheap2018 [0ctf, optional]
  • tw2017parrot [Tokyo Westerns]
  • Suggested reading:
    • https://heap-exploitation.dhavalkapil.com/
    • https://github.com/TechSecCTF/CTF-pwn-tips/wiki/Heap
  • Tooling:
    • voltron
    • angelheap