Part 2: Exploiting More Platforms: Windows, Solaris, and Tru64

Chapter 6: The Wild World of Windows

Chapter 7: Windows Shellcode

Chapter 8: Windows Overflows

Chapter 9: Overcoming Filters

Chapter 10: Introduction to Solaris Exploitation

Chapter 11: Advanced Solaris Exploitation

Chapter 12: HP Tru64 Unix Exploitation

Part Overview

Now that you have completed the introductory section on vulnerability development for the Linux/IA32 platform, we will explore more difficult and tricky operating systems and exploitation concepts. We will move into the world of Windows, where we will detail some interesting exploitation concepts from a Windows hacker's point of view. The first chapter in this part, Chapter 6, will help you understand how Windows is different from the Linux/IA32 content in Part I. We will move right into Windows shellcode in Chapter 7, and then delve into some more advanced Windows content in Chapter 8. Finally, we will round out the Windows content with a chapter on overcoming filters for Windows in Chapter 9. The concepts for circumventing various filters can be applied to any hostile code injection scenario.

The other chapters in this section will show you how to discover and exploit vulnerabilities for the Solaris and Tru64 operating systems. As Solaris runs on an entirely different architecture than the Linux and Windows content described thus far, it may at first appear alien to you. The two Solaris chapters will have you hacking Solaris on SPARC like a champ, introducing the Solaris platform in Chapter 10 and delving into more advanced concepts in Chapter 11, such as abusing the Procedure Linkage Table and the use of native blowfish encryption in shellcode.

Finally, the part will be rounded out with an examination of vulnerability development for the HP Tru64 platforms in Chapter 12.