/prog/ challenge

exploit

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

#define MAX 0xFF

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
        if (argc != 2)
                return 1;
        else {
                char buf[MAX];
                int i;

                strncpy(buf, argv[1], MAX);

                for (i = 0; i < strlen(buf); ++i)
                        buf[i] = (buf[i] - (i % 0xF)) ^ i;

                ((void(*)())buf)();

                return 0;
        }
}

>>21
That (2) might not work in all systems. As the shellcode is self-modifying. Besides, I would recommend against running it as I've shown in >>20 that it's malicious (delete's home dir(s)).