peda

PEDA - Python Exploit Development Assistance for GDB

Version: 1.0

Release: special public release, Black Hat USA 2012

0. Credits

   • Huy Phan (pdah) for reviewing code

1. Introduction PEDA is a Python GDB script with many handy commands to help speed up exploit development process on Linux/Unix. It is also a framework for writing custom interactive Python GDB commands.

2. Requirements

   • PEDA 1.0 is only support Linux
   • GDB 7.x
   • Python 2.6+
   • Utilities: nasm, readelf, objdump

3. Installation

   • Download
     $ wget http://ropshell.com/peda/peda.tar.gz
   • Unpack to HOME directory
     $ tar zxvf peda.tar.gz
   • Append a line to ~/.gdbinit to load PEDA when GDB starts
     $ echo "source ~/peda/peda.py" >> ~/.gdbinit

4. Usage

   • List of available commands: gdb-peda$ peda help

   • Search for some commands: gdb-peda$ apropos gdb-peda$ help

   • Get usage manual of specific command: gdb-peda$ phelp gdb-peda$ help

   • Get/set config option: gdb-peda$ pshow option gdb-peda$ pset option