peekpointers

Command peekpointers

Author: bkth

This command helps find pointers belonging to other memory regions helpful in case of OOB Read when looking for specific pointers

Syntax:

gef➤  peek-pointers LOCATION [section-name]

Examples:

gef➤  peek-pointers 0x55555575c000
cat pointer at 0x55555575c008, value 0x55555575c008
[stack] pointer at 0x55555575c0c0, value 0x7fffffffe497
libc-2.24.so pointer at 0x55555575c0c8, value 0x7ffff7dd2600 <_IO_2_1_stdout_>
[heap] pointer at 0x55555575d038, value 0x55555575d010
locale-archive pointer at 0x55555575d0b8, value 0x7ffff774e5c0
Could not read from address 0x55555577e000, stopping.

gef➤  peek-pointers 0x55555575c000 libc-2.24.so
libc-2.24.so pointer at 0x55555575c0c8, value 0x7ffff7dd2600 <_IO_2_1_stdout_>
gef➤  peek-pointers 0x55555575c000 libc-2.24.so all
libc-2.24.so pointer at 0x55555575c0c8, value 0x7ffff7dd2600 <_IO_2_1_stdout_>
libc-2.24.so pointer at 0x55555575c0e0, value 0x7ffff7dd2520 <_IO_2_1_stderr_>
libc-2.24.so pointer at 0x55555575dfe8, value 0x7ffff7ba1b40 <_nl_default_dirname>
Could not read from address 0x55555577e000, stopping.