https://github.com/x86byte/exploit-development-notes
Exploit development Notes - Exploit development RoadMap - Exploit development advices - Exploit development Tips - Exploit development Windows - Exploit development Kernel Mode & User Mode - learning about Exploit Development
https://github.com/x86byte/exploit-development-notes
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Exploit development Notes - Exploit development RoadMap - Exploit development advices - Exploit development Tips - Exploit development Windows - Exploit development Kernel Mode & User Mode - learning about Exploit Development
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/x86byte/exploit-development-notes
- Owner: x86byte
- Created: 2024-09-05T20:30:26.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-09-12T04:05:23.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-02T01:29:26.324Z (12 months ago)
- Topics: cfg, exploit-development, kaslr, kernel-mode, reverse-engineering, user-mode, windows-exploitation
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- Size: 17.4 MB
- Stars: 4
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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# Readme File
- if u have all this Pre required things go to [Exploit development Notes "ExpDev_NOTEs.txt"](https://github.com/0xp17j8/Exploit-Development-Notes/blob/main/ExpDev_NOTEs.txt).
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# Prerequisites to Start Windows Exploit Development
Before diving into Windows exploit development or going to ExpDev_NOTEs.txt, make sure you have the following skills and tools :
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## 0x1. Programming Knowledge
- **C/C++**: Crucial for low-level memory manipulation and understanding Windows internals.
- **Python**: Useful for scripting and automating tasks.
- **Assembly (x86/x64)**: Essential for understanding instruction-level behavior and writing shellcode.
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## 0x2. Understanding Windows Internals
- **Windows APIs**: Learn how applications interact with Windows through system calls.
- **Memory Management**: Understand the stack, heap, and virtual memory layouts.
- **PE File Format**: Know how Windows executables are structured.
- **Windows Security Mechanisms**: Familiarize yourself with ASLR, DEP, and SEH to understand how to bypass them.
Note : windows Internals is required <3
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## 0x3. Knowledge of Common Vulnerabilities "just understand the meaning etc.."
- **Buffer Overflows**: Learn how stack and heap overflows work.
- **Use-After-Free**: Know how dangling pointers can lead to exploits.
- **Integer Overflows**: Understand how incorrect calculations can result in vulnerabilities.
- **Race Conditions**: Be aware of multithreading issues that can be exploited.
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## 0x4. Debugging and Reverse Engineering "make sure to have a good knowledge in reverse engineering"
- **Debuggers**: WinDbg, x64dbg, and OllyDbg are essential tools.
- **Disassemblers**: Use IDA Pro or Ghidra to reverse engineer binaries.
- **PE Analysis**: Learn to analyze PE files and modify their structures.
- **start learn Reverse Engineering**: from [0xp17j8/RE-MA-Roadmap](https://github.com/0xp17j8/RE-MA-Roadmap).
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## 0x5. Knowledge of Exploit Mitigations "just understand the meaning etc.."
- **ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization)**: Understand how to bypass it.
- **DEP (Data Execution Prevention)**: just understand, after that u will need to know how to execute code in non-executable regions.
- **Stack Canaries**: Understand stack protection techniques.
- **SEH (Structured Exception Handling)**: just understand, after that u will need to know how to bypass SEH protections.
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## 0x6. Hands-On Practice
- [start searching and learning by practice](https://github.com/0xp17j8/Exploit-Development-Notes/blob/main/ExpDev_NOTEs.txt)
- **Recreate Exploits**: Practice by replicating known Windows exploits.
- **Buffer Overflow Exploits**: Start with basic stack overflows and gradually tackle security mitigations.
- **Write Shellcode**: Learn to develop Windows-specific shellcode.
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With these prerequisites, you’ll have the foundational knowledge to start developing Windows exploits. Keep practicing, stay persistent, and keep learning!
