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Learning Linux Binary Analysis

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782167105
Length 282 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ryan "elfmaster" O'Neill Ryan "elfmaster" O'Neill
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Preface 1. The Linux Environment and Its Tools FREE CHAPTER 2. The ELF Binary Format 3. Linux Process Tracing 4. ELF Virus Technology – Linux/Unix Viruses 5. Linux Binary Protection 6. ELF Binary Forensics in Linux 7. Process Memory Forensics 8. ECFS – Extended Core File Snapshot Technology 9. Linux /proc/kcore Analysis Index

Identifying text segment padding infections


This type of infection is relatively easy to detect. This type of infection was also discussed in Chapter 4, ELF Virus Technology – Linux/Unix Viruses. This technique relies on the fact that there is always going to be a minimum of 4,096 bytes between the text and the data segment because they are loaded into memory as two separate memory segments, and memory mappings are always page aligned.

On 64-bit systems, there is typically 0x200000 (2MB) free due to PSE (Page size extension) pages. This means that a 64-bit ELF binary can be inserted with a 2MB parasite, which is much larger than what is typically needed for an injection space. With this type of infection, like any other, you can often identify the parasite location by examining the control flow.

With the lpv virus which I wrote in 2008, for instance, the entry point is modified to start execution at the parasite that is inserted using the text segment padding infection. If the executable...

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