# RPISEC/MBE

Course materials for Modern Binary Exploitation by RPISEC

Repository: https://github.com/RPISEC/MBE
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mbe
Language: C
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: exploitation, wargame, ctf
Last push: 2021-12-09T17:20:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4092, "days_push": 1728, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6033, forks 911 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:34.474224+00:00)

## What it is
Course materials for RPISEC's Modern Binary Exploitation, a university course teaching binary exploitation, reverse engineering, and vulnerability research. Includes lectures, labs, and a wargame of exploitable binaries covering classic and modern Linux exploitation techniques.

## Use cases
- learn binary exploitation from scratch
- practice pwn challenges for CTFs
- study how to bypass ASLR and DEP
- learn x86 reverse engineering
- hands-on exploit development labs
- self-study offensive security fundamentals

## When to choose
- you want structured, lab-driven learning of binary exploitation
- you're preparing for CTF pwn categories
- you're a beginner with C and assembly basics wanting to learn vuln research

## When to avoid
- you need current materials covering modern mitigations and tooling (course dates to 2015)
- you want web or application security rather than low-level binary exploitation
- you need a maintained tool rather than static course content

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, reverse-engineering, penetration-testing
- domain: security, education, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: binary-exploitation, ctf, wargame, course-materials, vulnerability-research, pwn, assembly, linux, x86

## Member repositories
- RPISEC/MBE (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:34.474224+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:49:08.366035+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/RPISEC/MBE (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:34.474224+00:00, sha 0b0d18c90ad3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.