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2024-07-01 · HN #49811429

Data-Only Attacks Exploit Trusted Code by Corrupting Its Inputs

USENIX authors describe Einstein, a tool that searches for simple paths from attacker-controlled memory to sensitive operating-system calls. The result sharpens a key security question: why control-flow defenses may miss attacks that never execute attacker-supplied code.