Possibility to rebase shellcode
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Description
Not all raw code sequences are position independent, so its essential to add possibility to change base address from cmdline and se.load_shellcode()
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Research direction
Start by inspecting se.load_shellcode() and the command-line handling for shellcode loading. Trace how the shellcode base address is currently selected, then verify that a caller and the command line can provide a new base address and that the loaded code uses it consistently.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- reverse-engineering
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100