NAME

       ROPgadget - search executables for exploitable ROP gadgets

SYNOPSIS

       ROPgadget [--binary FILE] [options]

DESCRIPTION

       ROPGadget is a tool for security research and vulnerability exploitation. It lets you search binaries for
       sequences  of  useful machine code instructions followed by a return statement ("gadgets"). If an exploit
       can manipulate the callstack to point to a sequence of gadgets, the return statements will  redirect  the
       program  flow  to  execute  the sequence ("return oriented programming"). By reusing existing code out of
       context, an attacker can potentially circumvent security measures which prevent the execution of injected
       code.  ROPgadget supports ELF/PE/Mach-O format on x86, x64, ARM, PowerPC, SPARC and MIPS architectures.

       The following options are available:

       --binary FILE
              specify the executable to be analyzed

       --opcode OPCODES
              Search for particular opcodes in executable sections

       --string STRING
              Search for a particular string in readable sections

       --memstr STRING
              Search for each byte in readable sections

       --depth DEPTH
              Limit search depth for internal engine (default: 10)

       --only KEY
              Only show specific instructions

       --filter KEY
              Suppress specific instructions

       --range START-END
              Limit search to address range between START and END.

       --badbytes BYTES
              Reject specific bytes in the address of a gadget

       --rawArch ARCH
              Specify architecture for raw binaries

       --rawMode MODE
              Specify mode for raw binaries

       --re EXPR
              Search for gadgets using the regular expression EXPR.

       --offsetOFFSET
              Add an offset to all gadget addresses

       --ropchain
              Enable ROP chain generation

       --thumb
              Use thumb mode for ARM architecture binaries

       --console
              Enable the interactive console for the search engine

       --norop
              Disable ROP search engine

       --nojop
              Disable JOP search engine

       --nosys
              Disable SYS search engine

       --multibr
              Enable multiple branch gadgets

       --all  Show all gadgets, even duplicates

       --dump Output the gadget bytes

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written for Debian by Timo Röhling and may be used without restriction.

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