Exploit example
Everyone who has played Arma for an extended period has come across TFAR, Task Force Arrowhead Radio. I am not going to go into how the mod works, you can check it out here. I am going to dive directly into the code that drives TFAR, and do my best…
Recently I have been interacting directly with some guys at Bohemia Interactive. With the latest update, BIS_fnc_parseNumberSafe hasn’t been as safe as it should have been. A few great discussions later and I am hopeful that the guys at BI have it right this time, finally patching that multi-year vulnerability….
With the “Old Man” update out now, I decided to take another look at the Functions and UI scripts to see what fixes they implemented, and to look for a new exploit for SQF execution. To my surprise, I was greeted with BIS_fnc_parseNumberSafe. This neat little function is a “fix”…
I have covered remote execution in the past. Everyone by now knows that any remote execution cheat is brutal to the security of game servers in Arma. The developers have made strides to block unlogged and unfiltered remote execution, and they have come a long way since Arma 3 Alpha….
One of the least discussed issues with the Arma 3 Engine, Real Virtuality 4, is the Engine & the Developer’s inability to protect game servers from its own scripting language. For the last 3+ years, I have been abusing the scripting language & its intricacies to execute SQF code wherever…
EDIT: The latest patch (0.66) has fixed these issues. This post should now be used to learn how to better prevent these forms of exploits from appearing in your missions and mods. Now that BI has fixed the issue in its latest Dev Patch I wanted to go over, in…