Overview In the previous part, we looked into a simple NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability. In this part, we’ll discuss about another vulnerability, Uninitialized Stack Variable. This vulnerability arises when the developer defines a variable in the code, but doesn’t initialize it. So, during runtime, the variable would have some value, albeit an unpredictable one. How […]
Windows Kernel Exploitation Tutorial Part 5: NULL Pointer Dereference
Overview First of all, a happy new year. 🙂 After the exhaustive last part in this series, to start off this new year, this post will be about a lighter, more easy to understand vulnerability. A null pointer dereference vulnerability exists when the value of the pointer is NULL, and is used by the application […]