arbitrary-write-to-rce

arbitrary-write-to-rce is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from DorianGallo/hack-skills-local. It costs 80 tokens per session (3,783 once invoked), scanned B, a copy of arbitrary-write-to-rce, MIT.

A guide to turning an arbitrary memory-write capability into code execution on Linux programs. It focuses on overwrite targets such as function pointers, hooks, tables, and special paths, with attention to the installed glibc version.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it after finding an arbitrary write through heap, format-string, out-of-bounds, or stack exploitation to assess targets such as the GOT, hooks, vtables, and initialization or exit data.
Why use it?
It helps choose a viable target when older exploitation techniques no longer work on newer versions of the C library. It connects a memory-write bug to the final execution step.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it after finding an arbitrary write through heap, format-string, out-of-bounds, or stack exploitation to assess targets such as the GOT, hooks, vtables, and initialization or exit data.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/doriangallo/hack-skills-local/arbitrary-write-to-rce
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add DorianGallo/hack-skills-local --skill arbitrary-write-to-rce
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DorianGallo/hack-skills-local

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 80 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 3,783 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 100% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00080 $0.03783
Opus 5 $0.00040 $0.01892
Sonnet 5 $0.00016 $0.00757
Haiku 4.5 $0.00008 $0.00378

Measured 10d ago against content hash e01c2f2b665d, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

arbitrary-write-to-rce scanned grade B with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 10d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Unrestricted tool accessmediumExcessive agency

A wildcard tool grant or "run any command" leaves no least-privilege boundary at all.

**Overwrite the kernel's `modprobe_path` to execute arbitrary commands as root.**
Origin

This is a copy

100% identical to arbitrary-write-to-rce — 0 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

skills/arbitrary-write-to-rce/SKILL.md · 362 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 362 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

SKILL: Arbitrary Write to Code Execution — Expert Attack Playbook

AI LOAD INSTRUCTION: Expert techniques for converting an arbitrary write primitive into code execution. Covers every major overwrite target organized by glibc version compatibility: GOT, __malloc_hook, __free_hook, _IO_FILE vtable, __exit_funcs, TLS_dtor_list, _dl_fini, modprobe_path, .fini_array, C++ vtable, and setcontext gadget. This is the "last mile" skill. Base models often target hooks that no longer exist (post-glibc 2.34) or miss pointer mangling requirements.


1. TARGET SELECTION BY GLIBC VERSION

Target glibc < 2.24 2.24–2.33 ≥ 2.34 Required Knowledge
GOT overwrite OK (Partial RELRO) OK (Partial RELRO) OK (Partial RELRO) Binary base
__malloc_hook OK OK Removed libc base
__free_hook OK OK Removed libc base
__realloc_hook OK OK Removed libc base
_IO_FILE vtable (direct) OK Vtable range check Vtable range check libc base + heap
_IO_FILE via _IO_str_jumps N/A OK (2.24–2.27) Patched libc base + heap
_IO_FILE via _IO_wfile_jumps N/A OK (≥ 2.28) OK libc base + heap
__exit_funcs OK OK OK libc base + pointer guard
TLS_dtor_list N/A N/A OK TLS addr + pointer guard
_dl_fini / link_map OK OK OK ld.so base
modprobe_path (kernel) OK OK OK Kernel base
.fini_array OK OK OK Binary base (if writable)
C++ vtable OK OK OK Object address + heap
setcontext gadget OK OK (changed in 2.29) OK libc base
Stack return address Always Always Always Stack address

Read the full file on GitHub · 362 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 10d ago First seen · 362 lines · 80 tokens per session scan B e01c2f2b665d

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arbitrary-write-to-rce is a skill published in the GitHub repository DorianGallo/hack-skills-local (5 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 80 tokens to every session and 3,783 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (unrestricted tool access). It is 100% identical to arbitrary-write-to-rce, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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