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.

Tasks (English) (Spanish)

• VM version: This lab has been tested on our SEED Ubuntu-20.04 VM
• Lab setup files
  • Labsetup.zip
  • Labsetup-arm.zip (for Apple Silicon machines)
• Manual:: Docker manual

Time (Suggested)

• Supervised (closely-guided lab session): 2 hours
• Unsupervised (take-home project): 1 week

SEED Videos

• Udemy: Computer Security: A Hands-on Approach (§ 3)

SEED Books (English) (Chinese)

• Computer & Internet Security: A Hands-on Approach, 3rd edition (§ 16)
• Computer Security: A Hands-on Approach, 3rd edition (§ 16)
• Internet Security: A Hands-on Approach, 3rd edition (§ 26)

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