So i wrote this on the other site (the short messages wannabe porn site) and predictably got just a single response.
Perhaps here I would fare better?
Reading the Qualys writeup about the OpenSSH race condition RCE it occurred to me that there should be a book titled "Beautiful Exploits" in which a handful of beautiful exploits are explained and their philosophical and historical implications are discussed.
Which ones you'd pick?
@4Dgifts
Shellshock, because it was such an unbelievable WTF.
Spectre, Meltdown, and all of the related microarchitectural issues. I was working in the VPS business when Spectre and Meltdown were announced in 2018. Was it ever a stressful year. Those are vulnerabilities, not exploits, though.
I remember telling someone: "Next time I hear Spectre or speculative execution, I'm gonna have a meltdown." And I had a few that year.
Seriously, speculative execution was a gift that kept on giving.
4Dgifts
chris