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ARMv8 Shellcodes from 'A' to 'Z'

Cryptography and Security 2019-06-25 v2
Authors: Hadrien Barral , Houda Ferradi , Rémi Géraud , Georges-Axel Jaloyan , David Naccache
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Abstract

We describe a methodology to automatically turn arbitrary ARMv8 programs into alphanumeric executable polymorphic shellcodes. Shellcodes generated in this way can evade detection and bypass filters, broadening the attack surface of ARM-powered devices such as smartphones.

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@article{arxiv.1608.03415,
  title  = {ARMv8 Shellcodes from 'A' to 'Z'},
  author = {Hadrien Barral and Houda Ferradi and Rémi Géraud and Georges-Axel Jaloyan and David Naccache},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.03415},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

28 pages, 2 figures, source code in ARMv8, haskell, php, M4

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