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Drifter6

By Amr

Level 6 is a simple remote daemon with a particular vulnerability. In what I intended for this level, it is running in a vulnerable state :P

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Level 6 is a simple remote daemon with a particular vulnerability. In what I intended for this level, it is running in a vulnerable state :P

Reading material:

Advances in format string exploitation

Format String Technique

Exploiting Format String Vulnerabilities

As usual when I grab random code and look over it, someone might want to tell the developer :P