WashiEarlier this month I found a way to consistently pop calculators in #dnSpy by opening a file and clicking some nodes in its browser.
Today I release a write-up on how this can be done:
👉 https://blog.washi.dev/posts/popping-calcs-in-dnspy/
Update dnSpy if you haven't already!
A problem with .NET Self-Contained Apps and how to pop calculators in dnSpy
Programming languages that operate on a virtual machine often promise safety guards against many unsafe operations. However, virtual machines can have pretty serious bugs. In this post, we explore one interesting limitation of self-contained applications in .NET, and see how we can exploit it to pop calculators from our trusty decompiler dnSpy: