Exploring Return Oriented Programming

Introduction

A paper i write for my college about return oriented programming exploits.

Parameters of the paper

• The paper is supposed to be 7-10 pages long
• The paper is using the iacrtrans LaTeX template which can be found at https://github.com/Cryptosaurus/iacrtrans, this template uses the Creative Commons BY license, due to compatibility reasons this reposity will hence also use the CC BY license. The credits for the work provided in the settings and iacrtrans files is the work of IACR and i provide full credit to them.
• Focus: Create a general introduction into the topic and explain how to apply this technique.

Further resources

Code

General

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return-oriented_programming (Basic introduction)
• https://codearcana.com/posts/2013/05/28/introduction-to-return-oriented-programming-rop.html (Basic introduction)
• https://en.hackndo.com/return-oriented-programming/

Research

• https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.216.778&rep=rep1&type=pdf (Return-Oriented Programming: Systems, Languages, and Applications)