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exploiting-insecure-deserialization
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Identifying and exploiting insecure deserialization vulnerabilities in
When to use
- During authorized penetration tests when applications process serialized data (cookies, API parameters, message queues)
- When identifying Java serialization markers (`ac ed 00 05` / `rO0AB`) in HTTP traffic
- For testing PHP applications that use `unserialize()` on user-controlled input
- When evaluating .NET applications using `BinaryFormatter`, `ObjectStateFormatter`, or `ViewState`
- During security assessments of applications using pickle (Python), Marshal (Ruby), or YAML deserialization
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