Read The Header of The Current Executable? is it Possible?

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Nameless

Joined: 30 Apr 2010
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Nameless 14 Apr 2011, 09:58

i was wondering if there is a way to read the ELF headers under linux (from the current running executable not other elf files)? like its done on windows by getting the value in ebx at startup (which points to PEB) and reading the image base from it.

how can it be done with linux elf files?

thanks.

14 Apr 2011, 09:58

Endre

Joined: 29 Dec 2003
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Location: Budapest, Hungary

Endre 15 Apr 2011, 14:26

You read the file in argv[0] and interpret it.

15 Apr 2011, 14:26

Nameless

Joined: 30 Apr 2010
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Nameless 16 Apr 2011, 03:55

no other way for the executable to find its owen image base?

16 Apr 2011, 03:55

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