A Detection Approach for Vulnerability Exploiter Based on the Features of the Exploiter

Abstract

With the wide application of software system, software vulnerability has become a major risk in computer security. The on-time detection and proper repair for possible software vulnerabilities are of great importance in maintaining system security and decreasing system crashes. The Control Flow Integrity (CFI) can be used to detect the exploit by some researchers. In this paper, we propose an improved Control Flow Graph with Jump (JCFG) based on CFI and develop a novel Vulnerability Exploit Detection Method based on JCFG (JCFG-VEDM). The detection method of the exploit program is realized based on the analysis results of the exploit program. Then the JCFG is addressed through combining the features of the exploit program and the jump instruction. Finally, we implement JCFG-VEDM and conduct the experiments to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. The experimental results show that the proposed detection method (JCFG-VEDM) is feasible and effective.