Definitions

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  • noun computing A small piece of code, used as the payload of a virus or other malware, that launches a shell so that the attacker can control the compromised computer.

Etymologies

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shell code

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Examples

  • While Rutkowska and Wojtczuk's proof of concept code is harmless, it's meant to illustrate the potential for danger if an attacker gets control of SMRAM and uploads special executable code, called shellcode, into the memory.

    InternetNews Realtime News for IT Managers 2009

  • Not only can this increase the address space available, it can improve security, by making it harder for buffer overflows to inject shellcode.

    Snell-Pym » HYDROGEN: Bootstrapping 2009

  • Christmas, we received a new sample sha1: cc47a73118c51b0d32fd88d48863afb1af7b2578 that reliably exploits this vulnerability and is able to execute malicious shellcode which downloads other malware.

    Site Home mthree 2011

  • ForumCMS version 08.06.2010 suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability. delall-shellcode. txt

    Hack In The Box 2010

  • Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2010-126 - Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in mozilla-thunderbird. dellallpoly-shellcode. txt

    Hack In The Box 2010

  • Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2010-126 - Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in mozilla-thunderbird. dellallpoly-shellcode. txt

    Hack In The Box 2010

  • ForumCMS version 08.06.2010 suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability. delall-shellcode. txt

    Hack In The Box 2010

  • ForumCMS version 08.06.2010 suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability. delall-shellcode. txt

    Hack In The Box 2010

  • Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2010-126 - Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in mozilla-thunderbird. dellallpoly-shellcode. txt

    Hack In The Box 2010

  • ForumCMS version 08.06.2010 suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability. delall-shellcode. txt

    Hack In The Box 2010

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