The Buffer Bomb

After doing this assignment you are expected to know:

• How x86 processor organizes stack for programs

• What is buffer overflow attacks and how to conduct this attack on a defective executable file

• How to avoid this kind of attacks

Preparation Work

You need to have a computer with Linux or MacOS.

If you are using Linux, you can skip the following steps. If you are using MacOS machine, you should:

• Install Homebrew.

• Install `gcc and `objdump`` using `brew install gcc binutils`