e/Format string attack

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has glosseng: Format string attacks are a class of software vulnerability discovered around 1999. Previously thought harmless, format string attacks can be used to crash a program or to execute harmful code. The problem stems from the use of unfiltered user input as the format string parameter in certain C functions that perform formatting, such as printf. A malicious user may use the %s and %x format tokens, among others, to print data from the stack or possibly other locations in memory. One may also write arbitrary data to arbitrary locations using the %n format token, which commands printf and similar functions to write the number of bytes formatted to an address stored on the stack.
lexicalizationeng: Format string attack
instance ofe/Exploit (computer security)
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German
has glossdeu: Der Begriff Formatstring-Angriff beschreibt das Ausnutzen einer Sicherheitslücke, welche im Juni 2000 von Przemysław Frasunek und tf8 entdeckt wurde.
lexicalizationdeu: Formatstring-Angriff
Italian
has glossita: Il format string attack (vulnerabilità di formato della stringa) sono una classe di vulnerabilità scoperte nel 1999.
lexicalizationita: Format string attack
Japanese
has glossjpn: 書式文字列攻撃(しょしきもじれつこうげき、)は、1999年ごろ発見された(それまでは無害と考えられていた)セキュリティホールを利用した攻撃のクラスである。書式文字列攻撃は、プログラムをクラッシュさせたり、不正なコードを実行させたりできる。
lexicalizationjpn: 書式文字列攻撃
Polish
has glosspol: Format string attack - atak informatyczny, będący stosunkowo nową techniką wykorzystywania błędów programistycznych w aplikacjach. Błędnie napisana aplikacja może być przy wykorzystaniu tej techniki usunięta z listy procesów przez system operacyjny (tzw. crash) lub zmuszona do wykonania kodu dostarczonego przez napastnika.
lexicalizationpol: format string attack

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