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Defeating Windows DEP With A Custom ROP Chain
Overview This article explains how to write a custom ROP (Return Oriented Programming) chain to bypass Data Execution Prevention (DEP) on a Windows 10 system. DEP makes certain parts of memory (e.g., the stack) used by an application non-executable. This means that overwriting EIP with a “JMP ESP” (or similar) instruction and then freely executing […]