Shellshock Attack Lab
SEED Lab: A Hands-on Lab for Security Education
Overview
On September 24, 2014, a severe vulnerability in Bash was identified, and it is called Shellshock. This affects many systems. The vulnerability can be easily exploited either remotely or from a local machine. In this lab, students need to work on this attack, so they can understand the Shellshock vulnerability.
Lab Tasks
- VM version: This lab has been tested on our pre-built SEEDUbuntu16.04 VM.
Recommended Time
- Supervised situation (e.g. a closely-guided lab session):
- Unsupervised situation (e.g. take-home project):
Videos (New)
- This topic is covered in my Udemy course: Computer Security: A Hands-on Approach.
Files that are Needed
- variables.c (the vulnerable Bash program)
Suggested Reading
- SEED Book by Wenliang Du
(Book website)
(Chinese version)