kernel exploitation
Kernel exploitation refers to the act of exploiting vulnerabilities or weaknesses in the kernel of an operating system, enabling unauthorized access or control over the system, allowing an attacker to run malicious code or carry out malicious activities.
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Related Concepts (25)
- arbitrary code execution
- binary exploitation
- buffer overflow attacks
- exploit development
- exploit development methodologies
- exploit development tools
- exploit writing techniques
- hypervisor vulnerabilities in virtualized environments
- integer overflow vulnerabilities
- just-in-time (jit) compiler exploitation
- kernel data structure exploitation
- kernel debugging and analysis
- kernel heap exploitation
- kernel module exploitation
- kernel space to user space vulnerabilities
- kernel-level rootkits
- memory corruption mitigation techniques
- memory corruption vulnerabilities
- memory disclosure attacks
- pointer dereference vulnerabilities
- privilege escalation
- return-oriented programming (rop)
- stack smashing techniques
- type confusion bugs
- use-after-free vulnerabilities
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- api exploitation
- backdoor exploitation
- binary exploitation techniques
- code exploitation
- heap exploitation
- kernel exploit development
- kernel information leaks
- kernel object exploitation
- kernel privilege escalation
- kernel shellcode
- kernel vulnerabilities
- kernel-level exploitation
- kernel-level malware
- linux exploit development
- writing kernel exploits