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Welcome to Awesome Fuzzing [![Awesome](https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)
===================
-A list of fuzzing resources ( Books, courses - free and paid, videos, tools, tutorials,and vulnerable applications to practice on ) for learning Fuzzing and initial phases of Exploit Development like root cause analysis.
+A curated list of fuzzing resources ( Books, courses - free and paid, videos, tools, tutorials and vulnerable applications to practice on ) for learning Fuzzing and initial phases of Exploit Development like root cause analysis.
### Table of Contents
- [Books](#books)
@@ -23,173 +23,241 @@ A list of fuzzing resources ( Books, courses - free and paid, videos, tools, tut
Awesome Fuzzing Resources
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-
-### Books
+## Books
+*Books on fuzzing*
-Fuzzing: Brute Force Vulnerability Discovery - https://www.amazon.com/Fuzzing-Brute-Force-Vulnerability-Discovery/dp/0321446119
++ [Fuzzing: Brute Force Vulnerability Discovery](https://www.amazon.com/Fuzzing-Brute-Force-Vulnerability-Discovery/dp/0321446119) by Michael Sutton, Adam Greene, Pedram Amini.
-Fuzzing for Software Security Testing and Quality Assurance - https://www.amazon.com/Fuzzing-Software-Security-Assurance-Information/dp/1596932147
++ [Fuzzing for Software Security Testing and Quality Assurance ](https://www.amazon.com/Fuzzing-Software-Security-Assurance-Information/dp/1596932147) by Ari Takanen, Charles Miller, and Jared D Demott.
-Open Source Fuzzing Tools - https://www.amazon.com/Open-Source-Fuzzing-Tools-Rathaus/dp/1597491950
++ [Open Source Fuzzing Tools](https://www.amazon.com/Open-Source-Fuzzing-Tools-Rathaus/dp/1597491950) by by Gadi Evron and Noam Rathaus.
-Gray Hat Python - https://www.amazon.com/Gray-Hat-Python-Programming-Engineers/dp/1593271921
++ [Gray Hat Python](https://www.amazon.com/Gray-Hat-Python-Programming-Engineers/dp/1593271921) by Justin Seitz.
-> **Note:** Chapter(s) in the following books are dedicated to fuzzing
+> **Note:** Chapter(s) in the following books are dedicated to fuzzing.
-> - The Shellcoder's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Holes ( Chapter 15 ) - https://www.amazon.com/Shellcoders-Handbook-Discovering-Exploiting-Security/
-
-> - iOS Hacker's Handbook - Chapter 1 - https://www.amazon.com/iOS-Hackers-Handbook-Charlie-Miller/dp/1118204123/
-
-IDA Pro - The IDA Pro Book: The Unofficial Guide to the World's Most Popular Disassembler
+> - [The Shellcoder's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Holes ( Chapter 15 )](https://www.amazon.com/Shellcoders-Handbook-Discovering-Exploiting-Security/) by Chris Anley, Dave Aitel, David Litchfield and others.
+> - [iOS Hacker's Handbook - Chapter 1](https://www.amazon.com/iOS-Hackers-Handbook-Charlie-Miller/dp/1118204123/) Charles Miller, Dino DaiZovi, Dion Blazakis, Ralf-Philip Weinmann, and Stefan Esser.
+IDA Pro - The IDA Pro Book: The Unofficial Guide to the World's Most Popular Disassembler.
-### Courses
+## Courses
+
+*Courses/Training videos on fuzzing*
-#### Free
-NYU Poly - https://vimeo.com/5236104 ( see videos for more )
+### Free
-Samclass.info ( check projects section and chapter 17 ) - https://samsclass.info/127/127_F15.shtml
+[NYU Poly ( see videos for more )](https://vimeo.com/5236104 ) - Made available freely by Dan Guido.
-Modern Binary Exploitation ( RIPESEC ) - Chapter 15 - https://github.com/RPISEC/MBE
+[Samclass.info ( check projects section and chapter 17 ) ](https://samsclass.info/127/127_F15.shtml) - by Sam.
+
+[Modern Binary Exploitation ( RIPESEC ) - Chapter 15 ](https://github.com/RPISEC/MBE) - by RPISEC.
+
+[Offensive Computer Security - Week 6](http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~redwood/OffensiveComputerSecurity/lectures.html) - by W. Owen Redwood and Prof. Xiuwen Liu.
-#### Paid ( $$$ )
-Offensive Security, Cracking The Perimeter ( CTP ) and Advanced Windows Exploitation ( AWE ) - https://www.offensive-security.com/information-security-training/
+### Paid ( $$$ )
+[Offensive Security, Cracking The Perimeter ( CTP ) and Advanced Windows Exploitation ( AWE )](https://www.offensive-security.com/information-security-training/)
-SANS 660/760 Advanced Exploit Development for Penetration Testers - https://www.sans.org/course/advance-exploit-development-pentetration-testers
+[SANS 660/760 Advanced Exploit Development for Penetration Testers](https://www.sans.org/course/advance-exploit-development-pentetration-testers)
-### Videos
+## Videos
+
+*Videos talking about fuzzing techniques, tools and best practices*
-#### NYU Poly Course videos (from Dan Guido)
-Mike Zusman - Fuzzing 101 (Part 1) - https://vimeo.com/5236104
+### NYU Poly Course videos (from Dan Guido)
+[Fuzzing 101 (Part 1)](https://vimeo.com/5236104) - by Mike Zusman.
-Mike Zusman - Fuzzing 101 (Part 2) - https://vimeo.com/5237484
+[Fuzzing 101 (Part 2)](https://vimeo.com/5237484) - by Mike Zusman.
-Mike Zusman - Fuzzing 101 (2009) - https://vimeo.com/7574602
+[Fuzzing 101 (2009)](https://vimeo.com/7574602) - by Mike Zusman.
+
+[Fuzzing - Software Security Course on Coursera](https://www.coursera.org/learn/software-security/lecture/VgyOn/fuzzing) - by University of Maryland.
-#### Conference talks/tutorials on Fuzzing
-Youtube Playlist of various fuzzing talks and presentations - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtPrYlwXDImiO_hzK7npBi4eKQQBgygLD
+### Conference talks/tutorials on Fuzzing
+[Youtube Playlist of various fuzzing talks and presentations ](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtPrYlwXDImiO_hzK7npBi4eKQQBgygLD)
Consider watching talks from Charlie Miller,
+[Browser bug hunting - Memoirs of a last man standing](https://vimeo.com/109380793) - by Atte Kettunen
-### Tutorials
-> **Note:** Folks at fuzzing.info has done a great job of collecting some awesome links, i'm not going to duplicate their work. I will add papers from 2015 and 2016 soon here.
+## Tutorials/Blogs.
-Fuzzing Papers- https://fuzzing.info/papers/
+*Tutorials and blogs which explain methodology, techniques and best practices of fuzzing*
+### [2016 articles]
+[A year of Windows kernel font fuzzing Part-1 the results](http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.in/2016/06/a-year-of-windows-kernel-font-fuzzing-1_27.html) - Amazing article by Google's Project Zero, describing what it takes to do fuzzing and create fuzzers.
-Fuzzing Blogs - https://fuzzing.info/resources/
+[A year of Windows kernel font fuzzing Part-2 the techniques](http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.in/2016/07/a-year-of-windows-kernel-font-fuzzing-2.html) - Amazing article by Google's Project Zero, describing what it takes to do fuzzing and create fuzzers.
-https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2013/02/26/root-cause-analysis-memory-corruption-vulnerabilities/
-https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2013/07/02/root-cause-analysis-integer-overflows/
+[Interesting bugs and resources at fuzzing project](https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/) - by fuzzing-project.org.
-Spike
-http://null-byte.wonderhowto.com/how-to/hack-like-pro-build-your-own-exploits-part-3-fuzzing-with-spike-find-overflows-0162789/
+[Fuzzing workflows; a fuzz job from start to finish](https://foxglovesecurity.com/2016/03/15/fuzzing-workflows-a-fuzz-job-from-start-to-finish/) - by @BrandonPrry.
+
+[A gentle introduction to fuzzing C++ code with AFL and libFuzzer](http://jefftrull.github.io/c++/clang/llvm/fuzzing/sanitizers/2015/11/27/fuzzing-with-sanitizers.html) - by Jeff Trull.
+
+[A 15 minute introduction to fuzzing](https://www.mwrinfosecurity.com/our-thinking/15-minute-guide-to-fuzzing/) - by folks at MWR Security.
+
+> **Note:** Folks at fuzzing.info has done a great job of collecting some awesome links, I'm not going to duplicate their work. I will add papers missed by them and from 2015 and 2016.
+[Fuzzing Papers](https://fuzzing.info/papers) - by fuzzing.info
+
+[Fuzzing Blogs](https://fuzzing.info/resources/) - by fuzzing.info
+
+[Root Cause Analysis of the Crash during Fuzzing](
+https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2013/02/26/root-cause-analysis-memory-corruption-vulnerabilities/) - by Corelan Team.
+[Root cause analysis of integer flow](https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2013/07/02/root-cause-analysis-integer-overflows/) - by Corelan Team.
+
+[Creating custom peach fuzzer publishers](http://blog.opensecurityresearch.com/2014/01/creating-custom-peach-fuzzer-publishers.html) - by Open Security Research
+
+[7 Things to Consider Before Fuzzing a Large Open Source Project](https://www.linux.com/blog/7-things-consider-fuzzing-large-open-source-project) - by Emily Ratliff.
+
+##### From Fuzzing to Exploit:
+[From fuzzing to 0-day](https://blog.techorganic.com/2014/05/14/from-fuzzing-to-0-day/) - by Harold Rodriguez(@superkojiman).
+
+[From crash to exploit](https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2013/02/26/root-cause-analysis-memory-corruption-vulnerabilities/) - by Corelan Team.
+
+##### Peach Fuzzer related tutorials
+[Getting Started with Peach](http://community.peachfuzzer.com/v2/PeachQuickstart.html)
+[Fuzzing with Peach Part 1](http://www.flinkd.org/2011/07/fuzzing-with-peach-part-1/) - by Jason Kratzer of corelan team.
+[Fuzzing with Peach Part 2](http://www.flinkd.org/2011/11/fuzzing-with-peach-part-2-fixups-2/) - by Jason Kratzer of corelan team.
+[Auto generation of Peach pit files/fuzzers](http://doc.netzob.org/en/latest/tutorials/peach.html) - by Frédéric Guihéry, Georges Bossert.
+
+##### AFL Fuzzer related tutorials
+[Fuzzing workflows; a fuzz job from start to finish](https://foxglovesecurity.com/2016/03/15/fuzzing-workflows-a-fuzz-job-from-start-to-finish/) - by @BrandonPrry.
+
+
+##### Spike Fuzzer related tutorials
+
+[Fuzzing with Spike to find overflows](http://null-byte.wonderhowto.com/how-to/hack-like-pro-build-your-own-exploits-part-3-fuzzing-with-spike-find-overflows-0162789/)
+
+[Fuzzing with Spike](https://samsclass.info/127/proj/p18-spike.htm) - by samclass.info
+
+##### FOE Fuzzer related tutorials
+[Fuzzing with FOE](https://samsclass.info/127/proj/p16-fuzz.htm) - by Samclass.info
-### Tools
+## Tools
+
+*Tools which helps in fuzzing applications*
-#### File Format Fuzzers
+### File Format Fuzzers
-MiniFuzz - https://www.microsoft.com/en-sg/download/details.aspx?id=21769
+*Fuzzers which helps in fuzzing file formats like pdf, mp3, swf etc.,*
-BFF from cert - https://www.cert.org/vulnerability-analysis/tools/bff.cfm?
+[MiniFuzz](https://www.microsoft.com/en-sg/download/details.aspx?id=21769) - Basic file format fuzzing tool by Microsoft.
-AFL Fuzzer (Linux only) - http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/afl/
+[BFF from CERT](https://www.cert.org/vulnerability-analysis/tools/bff.cfm?) - Basic Fuzzing Framework for file formats.
-Peach Fuzzer - https://peachfuzz.sourceforge.net/
+[AFL Fuzzer (Linux only)]( http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/afl/) - American Fuzzy Loop Fuzzer by Michal Zalewski aka lcamtuf
-Failure Observation Engine (FOE) - www.cert.org/vulnerability-analysis/tools/foe.cfm
+[Win AFL](https://github.com/ivanfratric/winafl) - A fork of AFL for fuzzing Windows binaries by Ivan Fratic
-rmadair - http://rmadair.github.io/fuzzer/
+[TriforceAFL](https://www.nccgroup.trust/uk/about-us/newsroom-and-events/blogs/2016/june/project-triforce-run-afl-on-everything/) - A modified version of AFL that supports fuzzing for applications whose source code not available.
+
+[Peach Fuzzer](https://peachfuzz.sourceforge.net/) - Framework which helps to create custom dumb and smart fuzzers.
+
+[MozPeach](https://github.com/MozillaSecurity/peac://github.com/MozillaSecurity/peach) - A fork of peach 2.7 by Mozilla Security.
+
+[Failure Observation Engine (FOE)](www.cert.org/vulnerability-analysis/tools/foe.cfm) - mutational file-based fuzz testing tool for windows applications.
+
+[rmadair](http://rmadair.github.io/fuzzer/) - mutation based file fuzzer that uses PyDBG to monitor for signals of interest.
-#### Network Protocol Fuzzers
-Sulley - https://github.com/OpenRCE/sulley
+### Network Protocol Fuzzers
-Spike - http://www.immunitysec.com/downloads/SPIKE2.9.tgz
+*Fuzzers which helps in fuzzing applications which use network based protocals like HTTP, SSH, SMTP etc.,*
-Peach Fuzzer - https://peachfuzz.sourceforge.net/
+[Peach Fuzzer](https://peachfuzz.sourceforge.net/) - Framework which helps to create custom dumb and smart fuzzers.
-Metasploit - https://www.rapid7.com/products/metasploit/download.jsp
+[Sulley](https://github.com/OpenRCE/sulley) - A fuzzer development and fuzz testing framework consisting of multiple extensible components by Michael Sutton.
+
+[boofuzz](https://github.com/jtpereyda/boofuzz) - A fork and successor of Sulley framework.
+
+[Spike](http://www.immunitysec.com/downloads/SPIKE2.9.tgz) - A fuzzer development framework like sulley, a predecessor of sulley.
+
+[Metasploit Framework](https://www.rapid7.com/products/metasploit/download.jsp) - A framework which contains some fuzzing capabilities via Auxiliary modules.
-#### Taint Analysis ( How user input affects the execution)
-PANDA ( Platform for Architecture-Neutral Dynamic Analysis ) - https://github.com/moyix/panda -
+### Taint Analysis ( How user input affects the execution)
-QIRA (QEMU Interactive Runtime Analyser) - http://qira.me/
+[PANDA ( Platform for Architecture-Neutral Dynamic Analysis )](https://github.com/moyix/panda)
+
+[QIRA (QEMU Interactive Runtime Analyser)](http://qira.me/)
-#### Symbolic Execution + SAT/SMT Solvers
-Z3 - https://github.com/Z3Prover/z3
+### Symbolic Execution + SAT/SMT Solvers
+[Z3](https://github.com/Z3Prover/z3)
-SMT-LIB - http://smtlib.cs.uiowa.edu/
+[SMT-LIB](http://smtlib.cs.uiowa.edu/)
-#### References
+### References
I haven't included some of the legends like AxMan, please refer the following link for more information.
https://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/Fuzzers
-#### Essential Tools (generic)
+### Essential Tools (generic)
+*Tools of the trade for exploit developers, reverse engineers*
-##### Debuggers
+#### Debuggers
+[Windbg](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-in/library/windows/hardware/ff551063(v=vs.85).aspxi) - The preferred debugger by exploit writers.
-Windbg - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-in/library/windows/hardware/ff551063(v=vs.85).aspx
+[Immunity Debugger](http://debugger.immunityinc.com) - Immunity Debugger by Immunity Sec.
-Immunity Debugger - http://debugger.immunityinc.com
+[OllyDbg ](http://www.ollydbg.de/) - The debugger of choice by reverse engineers and exploit writers alike.
-OllyDbg - http://www.ollydbg.de/
+[Mona.py ( Plugin for windbg and Immunity dbg )](https://github.com/corelan/mona/) - Awesome tools that makes life easy for exploit developers.
-Mona.py ( Plugin for windbg and Immunity dbg ) - https://github.com/corelan/mona/
+[x64dbg](https://github.com/x64dbg/) - An open-source x64/x32 debugger for windows.
-X64dbg - https://github.com/x64dbg/
+[Evan's Debugger (EDB)](http://codef00.com/projects#debugger) - Front end for gdb.
+[GDB - Gnu Debugger](http://www.sourceware.org/gdb/) - The favorite linux debugger.
-Evan's Debugger (EDB) - http://codef00.com/projects#debugger
+[PEDA](https://github.com/longld/peda) - Python Exploit Development Assistance for GDB.
-GDB - http://www.sourceware.org/gdb/
-
-PEDA - https://github.com/longld/peda
-
-Radare2 - http://www.radare.org/r/
+[Radare2](http://www.radare.org/r/) - Framework for reverse-engineering and analyzing binaries.
-##### Dissemblers and some more
+#### Disassemblers and some more
+*Dissemblers, disassembly frameworks etc.,*
-IDA Pro - https://www.hex-rays.com/products/ida/index.shtml
+[IDA Pro](https://www.hex-rays.com/products/ida/index.shtml) - The best disassembler
-binnavi - https://github.com/google/binnavi
+[binnavi](https://github.com/google/binnavi) - Binary analysis IDE, annotates control flow graphs and call graphs of disassembled code.
-Capstone - https://github.com/aquynh/capstone
+[Capstone](https://github.com/aquynh/capstone) - Capstone is a lightweight multi-platform, multi-architecture disassembly framework.
-##### Others
+#### Others
-ltrace - http://ltrace.org/
+[ltrace](http://ltrace.org/) - Intercepts library calls
-strace - http://sourceforge.net/projects/strace/
+[strace](http://sourceforge.net/projects/strace/) - Intercepts system calls
-### Vulnerable Applications
+## Vulnerable Applications
Exploit-DB - https://www.exploit-db.com
(search and pick the exploits, which have respective apps available for download, reproduce the exploit by using fuzzer of your choice)
+##### Samples files for seeding during fuzzing:
+https://files.fuzzing-project.org/
+
+[MS Office file format documentation](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14565)
-### Contributing
+## Contributing
[Please refer the guidelines at contributing.md for details](Contributing.md).