svlobanov / disable-aslr-on-mac

Small tool to run applications not compatible with ASLR mechanism (for MacOS)

disable-aslr-on-mac

Small tool to run applications not compatible with ASLR mechanism (for MacOS)

Building

You need to install X-Code to build this tool

To build aslr-wrapper:

% cc -o aslr-wrapper main.c

To build test application:

% cc -o test-app test.c

Using

1. Check if ASLR is used:

   % ./test
   0x16f7537cc
   % ./test
   0x16f65f7cc
   

2. If the output is different then ASLR is used
3. Rename the original app an make the symlink:

   % mv test test.orig
   % ln -s aslr-wrapper test
   

4. Check again:

   % ./test
   0x16fdff7cc
   % ./test
   0x16fdff7cc
   

5. If the output is the same then ASLR is disabled