Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to software test with automated configurable harness capabilities. Certain example embodiments automatically generate harnesses and properly encoded seed inputs by recording the input operations of a system under test (SUT), identifying the processes to be fuzz tested, generating seed inputs and a manifest describing the SUT's input vectors, and generating the harness to effectively feed derived (and potentially “malformed”) input to the SUT. The techniques described herein may be used to test a computer system, e.g., to probe for potential vulnerabilities.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to software test with automated configurable harness capabilities. Certain example embodiments automatically generate harnesses and properly encoded seed inputs by recording the input operations of a system under test (SUT), identifying the processes to be fuzz tested, generating seed inputs and a manifest describing the SUT's input vectors, and generating the harness to effectively feed derived (and potentially “malformed”) input to the SUT. The techniques described herein may be used to test a computer system, e.g., to probe for potential vulnerabilities.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments described herein relate to techniques for automatically protecting, or hardening, software against exploits of memory-corruption vulnerabilities. The techniques include arranging a plurality of guard regions in the memory in relation to data objects formed by the application program, identifying an access by the application program to a guard region arranged in the memory as a disallowed access, and modifying the execution of the application program in response to the identifying, the modifying being in order to prevent exploitation of the memory and/or to correctly execute the application program.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments described herein relate to techniques for automatically protecting, or hardening, software against exploits of memory-corruption vulnerabilities. The techniques include arranging a plurality of guard regions in the memory in relation to data objects formed by the application program, identifying an access by the application program to a guard region arranged in the memory as a disallowed access, and modifying the execution of the application program in response to the identifying, the modifying being in order to prevent exploitation of the memory and/or to correctly execute the application program.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments described herein relate to techniques for automatically protecting, or hardening, software against exploits of memory-corruption vulnerabilities. The techniques include arranging a plurality of guard regions in the memory in relation to data objects formed by the application program, identifying an access by the application program to a guard region arranged in the memory as a disallowed access, and modifying the execution of the application program in response to the identifying, the modifying being in order to prevent exploitation of the memory and/or to correctly execute the application program.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments described herein relate to techniques for automatically protecting, or hardening, software against exploits of memory-corruption vulnerabilities. The techniques include arranging a plurality of guard regions in the memory in relation to data objects formed by the application program, identifying an access by the application program to a guard region arranged in the memory as a disallowed access, and modifying the execution of the application program in response to the identifying, the modifying being in order to prevent exploitation of the memory and/or to correctly execute the application program.