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Awesome Windows Exploitation Awesome

A curated list of awesome Windows Exploitation resources, and shiny things.

There is no pre-established order of items in each category, the order is for contribution. If you want to contribute, please read the guide.

Table of Contents

## Windows stack overflows *Stack Base Overflow Articles.* + [Win32 Buffer Overflows (Location, Exploitation and Prevention)](https://www.phrack.com/issues.html?issue=55&id=15#article) - by Dark spyrit [1999] + [Writing Stack Based Overflows on Windows](https://www.packetstormsecurity.org/papers/win/) - by Nish Bhalla’s [2005] ## Windows heap overflows *Heap Base Overflow Articles.* + [Third Generation Exploitation smashing heap on 2k](https://www.blackhat.com/presentations/win-usa-02/halvarflake-winsec02.ppt) - by Halvar Flake [2002] + [Exploiting the MSRPC Heap Overflow Part 1](https://freeworld.thc.org/root/docs/exploit_writing/msrpcheap.pdf) - by Dave Aitel (MS03-026) [September 2003] + [Exploiting the MSRPC Heap Overflow Part 2](https://freeworld.thc.org/root/docs/exploit_writing/msrpcheap2.pdf) - by Dave Aitel (MS03-026) [September 2003] + [Windows heap overflow penetration in black hat](https://www.blackhat.com/presentations/win-usa-04/bh-win-04-litchfield/bh-win-04-litchfield.ppt) - by David Litchfield [2004] ## Kernel based Windows overflows *Kernel Base Exploit Development Articles.* + [How to attack kernel based vulns on windows was done](https://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Full-Disclosure/2003-08/0101.html) - by a Polish group called “sec-labs” [2003] + [Sec-lab old whitepaper](https://www.artofhacking.com/tucops/hack/windows/live/aoh_win32dcv.htm) + [Sec-lab old exploit](https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8329/info) + [Windows Local Kernel Exploitation (based on sec-lab research)](https://www.packetstormsecurity.org/hitb04/hitb04-sk-chong.pdf) - by S.K Chong [2004] + [How to exploit Windows kernel memory pool](https://packetstormsecurity.nl/Xcon2005/Xcon2005_SoBeIt.pdf) - by SoBeIt [2005] + [Exploiting remote kernel overflows in windows](https://research.eeye.com/html/papers/download/StepIntoTheRing.pdf) - by Eeye Security + [Kernel-mode Payloads on Windows in uninformed](https://www.uninformed.org/?v=3&a=4&t=pdf) - by Matt Miller + [Exploiting 802.11 Wireless Driver Vulnerabilities on Windows](https://www.uninformed.org/?v=6&a=2&t=pdf) + [BH US 2007 Attacking the Windows Kernel](https://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-07/Lindsay/Whitepaper/bh-usa-07-lindsay-WP.pdf) + [Remote and Local Exploitation of Network Drivers](https://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-07/Bulygin/Presentation/bh-usa-07-bulygin.pdf) + [Exploiting Comon Flaws In Drivers](https://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=1) + [I2OMGMT Driver Impersonation Attack](https://www.immunityinc.com/downloads/DriverImpersonationAttack_i2omgmt.pdf) + [Real World Kernel Pool Exploitation](https://sebug.net/paper/Meeting-Documents/syscanhk/KernelPool.pdf) + [Exploit for windows 2k3 and 2k8](https://www.argeniss.com/research/TokenKidnapping.pdf) + [Alyzing local privilege escalations in win32k](https://www.uninformed.org/?v=10&a=2&t=pdf) + [Intro to Windows Kernel Security Development](https://www.dontstuffbeansupyournose.com/trac/browser/projects/ucon09/Intro_NT_kernel_security_stuff.pdf) + [There’s a party at ring0 and you’re invited](https://www.cr0.org/paper/to-jt-party-at-ring0.pdf) + [Windows kernel vulnerability exploitation](https://vexillium.org/dl.php?call_gate_exploitation.pdf) ## Windows memory protections *Windows memory protections Introduction Articles.* + [Data Execution Prevention](https://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352) + [/GS (Buffer Security Check)](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa290051) + [/SAFESEH](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9a89h429(VS.80).aspx) + [ASLR](https://blogs.msdn.com/michael_howard/archive/2006/05/26/address-space-layout-randomization-in-windows-vista.aspx) + [SEHOP](https://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/02/02/preventing-the-exploitation-of-seh-overwrites-with-sehop.aspx) ## Bypassing filter and protections *Windows memory protections Bypass Methods Articles.* + [Third Generation Exploitation smashing heap on 2k](https://www.blackhat.com/presentations/win-usa-02/halvarflake-winsec02.ppt) - by Halvar Flake [2002] + [Creating Arbitrary Shellcode In Unicode Expanded Strings](https://www.net-security.org/dl/articles/unicodebo.pdf) - by Chris Anley + [Advanced windows exploitation](https://www.immunityinc.com/downloads/immunity_win32_exploitation.final2.ppt) - by Dave Aitel [2003] + [Defeating the Stack Based Buffer Overflow Prevention Mechanism of Microsoft Windows 2003 Server](https://www.ngssoftware.com/papers/defeating-w2k3-stack-protection.pdf) - by David Litchfield + [Reliable heap exploits and after that Windows Heap Exploitation (Win2KSP0 through WinXPSP2)](https://cybertech.net/~sh0ksh0k/projects/winheap/XPSP2%20Heap%20Exploitation.ppt) - by Matt Conover in cansecwest 2004 + [Safely Searching Process Virtual Address Space](https://www.hick.org/code/skape/papers/egghunt-shellcode.pdf) - by Matt Miller [2004] + [IE exploit and used a technology called Heap Spray](https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/612) + [Bypassing hardware-enforced DEP](https://www.uninformed.org/?v=2&a=4&t=pdf) - by Skape (Matt Miller) and Skywing (Ken Johnson) [October 2005] + [Exploiting Freelist[0] On XP Service Pack 2](https://www.orkspace.net/secdocs/Windows/Protection/Bypass/Exploiting%20Freelist%5B0%5D%20On%20XP%20Service%20Pack%202.pdf) - by Brett Moore [2005] + [Kernel-mode Payloads on Windows in uninformed](https://www.uninformed.org/?v=3&a=4&t=pdf) + [Exploiting 802.11 Wireless Driver Vulnerabilities on Windows](https://www.uninformed.org/?v=6&a=2&t=pdf) + [Exploiting Comon Flaws In Drivers](https://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=1) + [Heap Feng Shui in JavaScript](https://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-europe-07/Sotirov/Presentation/bh-eu-07-sotirov-apr19.pdf) by Alexander sotirov [2007] + [Understanding and bypassing Windows Heap Protection](https://kkamagui.springnote.com/pages/1350732/attachments/579350) - by Nicolas Waisman [2007] + [Heaps About Heaps](https://www.insomniasec.com/publications/Heaps_About_Heaps.ppt) - by Brett moore [2008] + [Bypassing browser memory protections in Windows Vista](https://taossa.com/archive/bh08sotirovdowd.pdf) - by Mark Dowd and Alex Sotirov [2008] + [Attacking the Vista Heap](https://www.ruxcon.org.au/files/2008/hawkes_ruxcon.pdf) - by ben hawkes [2008] + [Return oriented programming Exploitation without Code Injection](https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~hovav/dist/blackhat08.pdf) - by Hovav Shacham (and others ) [2008] + [Token Kidnapping and a super reliable exploit for windows 2k3 and 2k8](https://www.argeniss.com/research/TokenKidnapping.pdf) - by Cesar Cerrudo [2008] + [Defeating DEP Immunity Way](https://www.immunityinc.com/downloads/DEPLIB.pdf) - by Pablo Sole [2008] + [Practical Windows XP2003 Heap Exploitation](https://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/MCDONALD/BHUSA09-McDonald-WindowsHeap-PAPER.pdf) - by John McDonald and Chris Valasek [2009] + [Bypassing SEHOP](https://www.sysdream.com/articles/sehop_en.pdf) - by Stefan Le Berre Damien Cauquil [2009] + [Interpreter Exploitation : Pointer Inference and JIT Spraying](https://www.semantiscope.com/research/BHDC2010/BHDC-2010-Slides-v2.pdf) - by Dionysus Blazakis[2010] + [Write-up of Pwn2Own 2010](https://vreugdenhilresearch.nl/Pwn2Own-2010-Windows7-InternetExplorer8.pdf) - by Peter Vreugdenhil + [All in one 0day presented in rootedCON](https://wintercore.com/downloads/rootedcon_0day_english.pdf) - by Ruben Santamarta [2010] + [DEP/ASLR bypass using 3rd party](https://web.archive.org/web/20130820021520/https://abysssec.com/files/The_Arashi.pdf) - by Shahin Ramezany [2013] ## Typical windows exploits + [Real-world HW-DEP bypass Exploit](https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3652) - by Devcode + [Bypassing DEP by returning into HeapCreate](https://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7246/entry/modules/exploits/windows/brightstor/mediasrv_sunrpc.rb) - by Toto + [First public ASLR bypass exploit by using partial overwrite ](https://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/entry/modules/exploits/windows/email/ani_loadimage_chunksize.rb) - by Skape + [Heap spray and bypassing DEP](https://skypher.com/SkyLined/download/www.edup.tudelft.nl/%7Ebjwever/exploits/InternetExploiter2.zip) - by Skylined + [First public exploit that used ROP for bypassing DEP in adobe lib TIFF vulnerability](https://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/8833/raw/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_libtiff.rb) + [Exploit codes of bypassing browsers memory protections](https://phreedom.org/research/bypassing-browser-memory-protections/bypassing-browser-memory-protections-code.zip) + [PoC’s on Tokken TokenKidnapping . PoC for 2k3 -part 1](https://www.argeniss.com/research/Churrasco.zip) - by Cesar Cerrudo + [PoC’s on Tokken TokenKidnapping . PoC for 2k8 -part 2](https://www.argeniss.com/research/Churrasco2.zip) - by Cesar Cerrudo + [An exploit works from win 3.1 to win 7](https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/c0af0967d904cef2ad4db766a00bc6af/KiTrap0D.zip) - by Tavis Ormandy KiTra0d + [Old ms08-067 metasploit module multi-target and DEP bypass](https://metasploit.com/svn/framework3/trunk/modules/exploits/windows/smb/ms08_067_netapi.rb) + [PHP 6.0 Dev str_transliterate() Buffer overflow – NX + ASLR Bypass](https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12189) + [SMBv2 Exploit](https://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/8916/raw/modules/exploits/windows/smb/ms09_050_smb2_negotiate_func_index.rb) - by Stephen Fewer ## Exploit development tutorial series *Exploid Development Tutorial Series Base on Windows Operation System Articles.* - Corelan Team + [Exploit writing tutorial part 1 : Stack Based Overflows](https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2009/07/19/exploit-writing-tutorial-part-1-stack-based-overflows/) + [Exploit writing tutorial part 2 : Stack Based Overflows – jumping to shellcode](https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2009/07/23/writing-buffer-overflow-exploits-a-quick-and-basic-tutorial-part-2/) + [Exploit writing tutorial part 3 : SEH Based Exploits](https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2009/07/25/writing-buffer-overflow-exploits-a-quick-and-basic-tutorial-part-3-seh/) + [Exploit writing tutorial part 3b : SEH Based Exploits – just another example](https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2009/07/28/seh-based-exploit-writing-tutorial-continued-just-another-example-part-3b/) + [Exploit writing tutorial part 4 : From Exploit to Metasploit – The basics](https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2009/08/12/exploit-writing-tutorials-part-4-from-exploit-to-metasploit-the-basics/) + [Exploit writing tutorial part 5 : How debugger modules & plugins can speed up basic exploit development](https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2009/09/05/exploit-writing-tutorial-part-5-how-debugger-modules-plugins-can-speed-up-basic-exploit-development/) + [Exploit writing tutorial part 6 : Bypassing Stack Cookies, SafeSeh, SEHOP, HW DEP and ASLR](https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2009/09/21/exploit-writing-tutorial-part-6-bypassing-stack-cookies-safeseh-hw-dep-and-aslr/) + [Exploit writing tutorial part 7 : Unicode – from 0x00410041 to calc](https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2009/11/06/exploit-writing-tutorial-part-7-unicode-from-0x00410041-to-calc/) + [Exploit writing tutorial part 8 : Win32 Egg Hunting](https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2010/01/09/exploit-writing-tutorial-part-8-win32-egg-hunting/) + [Exploit writing tutorial part 9 : Introduction to Win32 shellcoding](https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2010/02/25/exploit-writing-tutorial-part-9-introduction-to-win32-shellcoding/) + [Exploit writing tutorial part 10 : Chaining DEP with ROP – the Rubik’s Cube](https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2010/06/16/exploit-writing-tutorial-part-10-chaining-dep-with-rop-the-rubikstm-cube/) + [Exploit writing tutorial part 11 : Heap Spraying Demystified](https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2011/12/31/exploit-writing-tutorial-part-11-heap-spraying-demystified/) - Fuzzysecurity + [Part 1: Introduction to Exploit Development](https://www.fuzzysecurity.com/tutorials/expDev/1.html) + [Part 2: Saved Return Pointer Overflows](https://www.fuzzysecurity.com/tutorials/expDev/2.html) + [Part 3: Structured Exception Handler (SEH)](https://www.fuzzysecurity.com/tutorials/expDev/3.html) + [Part 4: Egg Hunters](https://www.fuzzysecurity.com/tutorials/expDev/4.html) + [Part 5: Unicode 0x00410041](https://www.fuzzysecurity.com/tutorials/expDev/5.html) + [Part 6: Writing W32 shellcode](https://www.fuzzysecurity.com/tutorials/expDev/6.html) + [Part 7: Return Oriented Programming](https://www.fuzzysecurity.com/tutorials/expDev/7.html) + [Part 8: Spraying the Heap [Chapter 1: Vanilla EIP]](https://www.fuzzysecurity.com/tutorials/expDev/8.html) + [Part 9: Spraying the Heap [Chapter 2: Use-After-Free]](https://www.fuzzysecurity.com/tutorials/expDev/11.html) - Securitysift + [Windows Exploit Development – Part 1: The Basics](https://www.securitysift.com/windows-exploit-development-part-1-basics/) + [Windows Exploit Development – Part 2: Intro to Stack Based Overflows](https://www.securitysift.com/windows-exploit-development-part-2-intro-stack-overflow/) + [Windows Exploit Development – Part 3: Changing Offsets and Rebased Modules](https://www.securitysift.com/windows-exploit-development-part-3-changing-offsets-and-rebased-modules/) + [Windows Exploit Development – Part 4: Locating Shellcode With Jumps](https://www.securitysift.com/windows-exploit-development-part-4-locating-shellcode-jumps/) + [Windows Exploit Development – Part 5: Locating Shellcode With Egghunting](https://www.securitysift.com/windows-exploit-development-part-5-locating-shellcode-egghunting/) + [Windows Exploit Development – Part 6: SEH Exploits](https://www.securitysift.com/windows-exploit-development-part-6-seh-exploits/) + [Windows Exploit Development – Part 7: Unicode Buffer Overflows](https://www.securitysift.com/windows-exploit-development-part-7-unicode-buffer-overflows/) ## Tools *Disassemblers, debuggers, and other static and dynamic analysis tools.*
  • angr - Platform-agnostic binary analysis framework developed at UCSB's Seclab.
  • BARF - Multiplatform, open source Binary Analysis and Reverse engineering Framework.
  • binnavi - Binary analysis IDE for reverse engineering based on graph visualization.
  • Bokken - GUI for Pyew and Radare.
  • Capstone - Disassembly framework for binary analysis and reversing, with support for many architectures and bindings in several languages.
  • codebro - Web based code browser using clang to provide basic code analysis.
  • dnSpy - .NET assembly editor, decompiler and debugger.
  • Evan's Debugger (EDB) - A modular debugger with a Qt GUI.
  • GDB - The GNU debugger.
  • GEF - GDB Enhanced Features, for exploiters and reverse engineers.
  • hackers-grep - A utility to search for strings in PE executables including imports, exports, and debug symbols.
  • IDA Pro - Windows disassembler and debugger, with a free evaluation version.
  • Immunity Debugger - Debugger for malware analysis and more, with a Python API.
  • ltrace - Dynamic analysis for Linux executables.
  • objdump - Part of GNU binutils, for static analysis of Linux binaries.
  • OllyDbg - An assembly-level debugger for Windows executables.
  • PANDA - Platform for Architecture-Neutral Dynamic Analysis
  • PEDA - Python Exploit Development Assistance for GDB, an enhanced display with added commands.
  • pestudio - Perform static analysis of Windows executables.
  • Process Monitor - Advanced monitoring tool for Windows programs.
  • Pyew - Python tool for malware analysis.
  • Radare2 - Reverse engineering framework, with debugger support.
  • SMRT - Sublime Malware Research Tool, a plugin for Sublime 3 to aid with malware analyis.
  • strace - Dynamic analysis for Linux executables.
  • Udis86 - Disassembler library and tool for x86 and x86_64.
  • Vivisect - Python tool for malware analysis.
  • X64dbg - An open-source x64/x32 debugger for windows.

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