Understanding the Windows DLL injection flaws
In this recipe, we will deal with a special kind of vulnerability that does not directly exist in the Windows operating system. In fact, it exists in various application software that run on Windows. This remote attack vector deals with a class of vulnerabilities that affects how applications load external libraries. We will give an oversight of this issue to analyze it closely.
Getting ready
This attack vector involves creation of a vulnerable path or directory that the target will have to execute in order to trigger it. The directory can be a file, extracted archive, USB drive, network share, and so on. The file created will be completely harmless, but it will execute a DLL injection code to compromise ...
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