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Convert PIE ELF binary into No-PIE
Is it possible changing few bytes for converting an elf binary from PIE to No-PIE (ELF)?
I know that in the header if e_type is:
- 3 then the program is PIE
- 2 then the program is No-PIE
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LD_BIND_NOW doesn’t seem to take effect on ELF PIE executable?
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When the Linux executable is compiled as PIE (Position Independent Executable, default on Ubuntu 18.04), the symbols from shared libraries (e.g. libc) will be resolved when the program ...
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Position-independent code dectection
Is it possible to detect whether a given executable is a PIC by looking at the disassembler's output? If not, what are other valid ways to go about this?
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Debugging a position independent executable ELF
I am trying to follow the write-up about hackercalc (a challenge for DEFCON 2015 quals). First, by loading the challenge into gdb, I observe that:
(gdb) info files
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Entry point: 0xcf8
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So I ...
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