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egg
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n. The binary code that is the payload for buffer overflow and format string
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attacks. Typically, an egg written in assembly and designed to enable remote
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access or escalate privileges from an ordinary user account to administrator
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level when it hatches. Also known as shellcode. The name comes from a
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particular buffer-overflow exploit that was co-written by a cracker named
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eggplant. The variable name egg was used to store the payload. The usage
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spread from people who saw and analyzed the code.
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