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Sigreturn-oriented programming

Sigreturn-oriented programming (SROP) is a computer security exploit technique that allows an attacker to execute code in presence of security measures such as non-executable memory and code signing. It was presented for the first time at the 35th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy in 2014 where it won the best student paper award. This technique…

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Code reuse Stack smashing Data execution prevention Shellcode Shell

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Attacks

Virtual dynamic shared object Linux Linux kernel Self-modifying program Virtual machine

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Defenses and mitigations

Canaries Cookies Shadow stacks XORed Intel

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Overview

Computer security exploit Non-executable memory IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy Return-oriented programming Call stack

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Computer security exploit
Non-executable memory Executable space protection
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
Return-oriented programming
Call stack
Stack buffer overflow
Control flow
Gadgets Gadget (machine instruction sequence)
Pushing Stack (abstract data type)
System call
Weird machine

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Sigreturn-oriented programming

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Avg. degree1.95

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Sigreturn-oriented programming

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related to background · 4

Sigreturn-oriented programming → In, ROP, Sigreturn-oriented, SROP

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stack programming gadgets srop gadget address attacker memory technique rop linux code attack return-oriented location allows kernel execute system security

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
non-executable memory	instance of	is a computer security exploit technique that allows an attacker to execute code in presence of security measures	0.80	text
code signing	instance of	is a computer security exploit technique that allows an attacker to execute code in presence of security measures	0.80	text
data execution prevention are employed	instance of	to overwrite the return address contained inside the call stack.Stack hopping exploitsIf mechanisms	0.80	text
it won't be possible for the attacker to just place a shellcode on the stack	instance of	to overwrite the return address contained inside the call stack.Stack hopping exploitsIf mechanisms	0.80	text
cause the machine to execute it by overwriting the return address	instance of	to overwrite the return address contained inside the call stack.Stack hopping exploitsIf mechanisms	0.80	text
data execution prevention are employed	instance of	Stack hopping exploitsIf mechanisms	0.80	text
it won't be possible for the attacker to just place a shellcode on the stack	instance of	Stack hopping exploitsIf mechanisms	0.80	text
cause the machine to execute it by overwriting the return address	instance of	Stack hopping exploitsIf mechanisms	0.80	text
Sigreturn-oriented programming	related to background	Sigreturn-oriented	0.60	section
Sigreturn-oriented programming	related to background	SROP	0.60	section
Sigreturn-oriented programming	related to background	ROP	0.60	section
Sigreturn-oriented programming	related to background	In	0.60	section

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