Learn how to exploit stack buffer overflows on AArch64

About this Learning Path

Who is this for?

This is an advanced topic for software developers interested in understanding how memory vulnerability-based exploits work on AArch64.

What will you learn?

Upon completion of this learning path, you will be able to:

• Analyze the stack frame layout to derive which field in user input overwrites the return address stored on the stack.
• Build a basic end-to-end exploit by changing the return address to an attacker-controlled value.

Prerequisites

Before starting, you will need the following:

• An Arm computer running linux with Docker installed.
• Some familiarity with reading and writing basic C code and AArch64 assembly code.
• Some familiarity with running linux command line commands.
• Some familiarity with using a gdb debugger.