Native Code Crash Course

This crash course introduces native-code exploitation through computer and memory fundamentals, memory-corruption bugs, modern protections, and ways to bypass them. It also surveys tools such as disassemblers, decompilers, debuggers, and hex editors.

Syllabus

Intro
What is native code?
Breadth not Depth
Code is Data is Code
Registers
Physical Memory
Virtual Memory
Endianness
Program Counter
Syscalls
Shared Libraries
Non-Interactive Disassemblers
Decompilers
Debuggers
Hex Editors
Buffer Overflows
Out of Bounds Writes
Use After Free
Stack Canaries
ASLR
JS is Your Friend
Information Leaks
Heap Spraying