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Shellcode

Shellcode is executable code intended to be used as a payload for exploiting a software vulnerability. The term includes shell because the attack originally described an attack that opens a command shell that the attacker can use to control the target machine, but any code that is injected to gain access that is otherwise not allowed can be called…

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Shellcode

Nodes63
Edges62
Triples50
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.031746
Components1

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related to External links · 28
Shellcode → An, Angelo RosielloAn, ASCII, Basics, BETA3, Cygwin, Dafydd Stuttard, Designing, Exe, Libemu, Linux, Metasploit Projecta, Microsoft Windows, Multi-Platform, Online, Operating, PDF, Scdbg, Set Shellcode Decoder Loops, Shell-Storm Database
related to Analysis · 7
Shellcode → Another, API, As, Emulation-based, Malcode Analyst Pack, Sclog, Specialized
related to Compatibility · 6
Shellcode → Also, Common, Generally, None, Since, Versatility
related to Types · 4
Shellcode → If, In, TCP/IP, The
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Shellcode → General, Optimize
is a · 1
Shellcode → exploit that establishes a connection to the vulnerable process that is not closed before the shellcode runs so that the shellcode can re-use the connection to allow remote access

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code machine process attack target access small shell attacker executable alphanumeric data possible used unicode allowed called create control encoding

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Shellcodeis aexploit that establishes a connection to the vulnerable process that is not closed before the shellcode runs so that the shellcode can re-use the connection to allow remote access0.90text
buffer overflowinstance ofexploiting a vulnerability can be achieved by causing an error0.80text
the sctest application which is part of the cross-platform libemu packageinstance ofEmulation-based shellcode analysis tools also exist0.80text
Shellcoderelated to AnalysisAs0.60section
Shellcoderelated to AnalysisAnother0.60section
Shellcoderelated to AnalysisSpecialized0.60section
Shellcoderelated to AnalysisMalcode Analyst Pack0.60section
Shellcoderelated to AnalysisSclog0.60section
Shellcoderelated to AnalysisAPI0.60section
Shellcoderelated to AnalysisEmulation-based0.60section
Shellcoderelated to CompatibilityGenerally0.60section
Shellcoderelated to CompatibilitySince0.60section

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