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| Subject: | Re: Q: on Format String attacks |
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| Date: | Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:43:48 +0200 |
On Thu Jun 16 2005 at 20:26, Renaud Deraison wrote:
Format strings are an attack vector - very much like buffer overflows.
And easier to exploit than buffer overflows in most cases. Especially against unknown software, as the attack allows the cracker to read the stack before writing anything. _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list Nessus@list.nessus.org http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
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