mandiant / mandiant/speakeasy

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

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