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Return-Oriented Programming

Return-Oriented Programming (ROP) is an exploit technique that chains together short sequences of instructions (gadgets) from existing executable code to perform arbitrary computation, bypassing security defenses like code injection prevention. Introduced by Hovav Shacham in 2007, ROP exploits code reuse to execute malicious logic even when data execution prevention (DEP) and code signing prevent direct code injection. ROP is considered one of the most powerful exploit techniques against modern defense mechanisms and has been demonstrated to be Turing-complete.

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Return-Oriented Programming (ROP)
Taxonomic method record · ml-model / cryptography
  • Shacham, H. (2007). The geometry of innocent flesh on the bone: Return-into-libc without function calls (on the x86). In Proceedings of the 14th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 2007), pp. 552-561. · DOI 10.1145/1315245.1315313
  • Roemer, R., Buchanan, E., Shacham, H., & Savage, S. (2012). Return-oriented programming: Systems, languages, and applications. ACM Transactions on Information and System Security (TISSEC), 15(1), 1-34. · DOI 10.1145/2133375.2133377
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Same method familyDeep Packet Inspectionmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyDifferential Cryptanalysismachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familySide-Channel Analysismachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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