Anyone into Vulnerability Research and Exploitation knows how hard it is to discover a Security Vulnerability and then develop a reliable exploit for it. Now consider taking it from user land to kernel, the near impossible thing to get yourshoes in for the show.
In that context, ‘A Guide to Kernel Exploitation’ new & unique book on this topic, attempts to bridge this knowledge gap and make that transition from user land to Kernel smoother and smarter than ever.
Here is the core information about this book
Title: A Guide to Kernel Exploitation – Attacking the Core
Author: Enrico Perla, Massimiliano Oldani
Publisher: Syngress
Hardcover: 442 pages
Release Date: September 15, 2010
Here is the table of contents
Part I: A Journey to Kernel Land
Chapter 1: From User-Land to Kernel-Land Attacks
Chapter 2: A Taxonomy of Kernel Vulnerabilities
Chapter 3: Stairway to Successful Kernel Exploitation
Part II: The UNIX Family, Mac OS X, and Windows
Chapter 4: The UNIX Family
Chapter 5: Mac OS X
Chapter 6: Windows
Part III: Remote Kernel Exploitation
Chapter 7: Facing the Challenges of Remote
Chapter 8: Putting It All Together: A Linux Case Study
Part IV: Final Words
Chapter 9: Kernel Evolution: Future Forms of Attack
First part of the book deals with technical jargon’s and caveats involved in the transition from user to kernel land attacks. It explains how it is entirely different from dealing with user-land and explains kernel perspective of various exploitation stuffs such as stack/heap overflow, virtual memory, crafting shell code, multi-stage shellcodes, privilege handling etc.
Second part covers kernel basics on all 3 important Operating Systems Windows, Unix & MAC OS. Though it will be difficult to cover everything in one book but it does a fair job in tracking most of the stuffs required for kernel exploitation. Third section goes straight with Kernel remote exploitation describing everything you need to know to finish the game successfully. It also brings in a excellent case study with complete analysis of remote Kernel SCTP exploit for Linux. Finally it ends with various defensive measures for protecting your Kernel and possible advancements in the Kernel attacks in a near future surrounding Virtualization & Hypervisors.
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