Exploitation
Leveraging vulnerabilities to compromise systems
Exploitation is the process of taking advantage of vulnerabilities in software, hardware, or human behavior to gain unauthorized access or cause unintended behavior in systems.
Exploitation Categories
- Memory Corruption - Buffer overflows, use-after-free, format strings
- Web Application - SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, SSRF
- Authentication Bypass - Credential attacks, session hijacking
- Privilege Escalation - Local and domain privilege elevation
- Logic Flaws - Business logic vulnerabilities
Techniques
- Exploit development and modification
- Payload creation and encoding
- Evasion techniques
- Chaining vulnerabilities
- Social engineering integration
Defensive Applications
Understanding exploitation techniques is essential for:
- Building secure systems
- Developing effective defenses
- Incident response and forensics
- Security testing and validation
- Threat modeling and risk assessment
