Research paper is also an executable x86 program [pdf]
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Re: Research paper is also an executable x86 program [pdf]
#2Is it executable by renaming the .txt file to an .exe or what?
Re: Research paper is also an executable x86 program [pdf]
#3Is it executable by renaming the .txt file to an .exe or what?
I guess by chmod +x .
Re: Research paper is also an executable x86 program [pdf]
#4Is it executable by renaming the .txt file to an .exe or what?
Yep, it has the telltale MZ header at the top. Either a DOS or windows executable. [1]
The pdf appears to be a readable formatted version, to get the actual executable you’ll need the raw text sans newlines (as described in the paper)
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#5Here's the companion video for the paper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA_DrBwkiJA
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#6Reminds me a PDF which is also bootable x86 image from PoC||GTFO [1], specifically the second issue (0x02) on section 8 “This OS is also a PDF”
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#7Tom7 the goat
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#9This is a very impressive and fun piece of work!
Re: Research paper is also an executable x86 program [pdf]
#10Is it executable by renaming the .txt file to an .exe or what?
Yep, it has the telltale MZ header at the top. Either a DOS or windows executable. [1] The pdf appears to be a readable formatted version, to get the actual executable you’ll need the raw text sans newlines (as described in the paper) 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS_MZ_executable
Trivia: all Windows EXEs run on DOS, but most of them just print something like "this program doesn't run on DOS" and terminate.
There are exceptions, like REGEDIT.EXE of Windows 95.