Compiling the Exploit

Linux Binaries

Basic Syntax

gcc cowroot.c -o cowroot

For 32 bit environment

gcc -m32 input.c -o output

For 64 bit environment

gcc -m64 input.c -o output

Windows Binaries

For 32 bit environment

i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -o main32.exe main.c

For 64 bit environment

x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -o main64.exe main.c

Note that these Windows executables will not work inside Linux Subsystem, only outside of it.

Python to Exe

pyinstaller --onefile test.py
# will save executable in dist folder