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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>egg</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../E.html" title="E"/><link rel="previous" href="ed.html" title="ed"/><link rel="next" href="egosurf.html" title="egosurf"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">egg</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ed.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">E</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="egosurf.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="egg"/><dt xmlns="" id="egg"><b>egg</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p>The binary code that is the payload for buffer overflow and format
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string attacks. Typically, an egg written in assembly and designed to
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enable remote access or escalate privileges from an ordinary user account
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to administrator level when it hatches. Also known as <span class="firstterm">shellcode</span>. </p><p>The name comes from a particular buffer-overflow exploit that was
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co-written by a cracker named eggplant. The variable name
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‘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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