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Shellcode Template for Windows x64
An easily modifiable shellcode template that loads LoadLibraryA and GetProcAddress and exposes the HMODULE to kernel32.dll written in C.
There are a lot of comments in the shellcode_template function to better explain what's going on. If you don't want to clone the repository, here's the important part:
// Load Process Environment Block.
PEB *pProcessEnvironmentBlock = (PEB *)__readgsqword(0x60);
// `pProcessEnvironmentBlock->Ldr->InMemoryOrderModuleList` contains a double linked list.
// `Flink` and `Blink` are pointers to the next and previous element.
//
// All Windows executables should have the following module order.
// 1. The module of the current executable.
// 2. `ntdll.dll` (`%windir%\System32\ntdll.dll`)
// 3. `kernel32.dll` (`%windir%\System32\kernel32.dll`)
//
// ... followed by other modules.
//
// In order to get the `GetProcAddress` function we need to therefore get the third item (`Flink->Flink->Flink`).
// We use the `CONTAINING_RECORD` macro to retrieve the associated table entry.
LDR_DATA_TABLE_ENTRY *pKernel32TableEntry = CONTAINING_RECORD(pProcessEnvironmentBlock->Ldr->InMemoryOrderModuleList.Flink->Flink->Flink, LDR_DATA_TABLE_ENTRY, InMemoryOrderLinks);
// We've ended up at the base address of `kernel32.dll`.
IMAGE_DOS_HEADER *pDosHeader = (IMAGE_DOS_HEADER *)pKernel32TableEntry->DllBase;
// In order to get the exported functions we need to go to the NT PE header.
IMAGE_NT_HEADERS *pNtHeader = (IMAGE_NT_HEADERS *)((size_t)pDosHeader + pDosHeader->e_lfanew);
// From the NtHeader we can extract the virtual address of the export directory of this module.
IMAGE_EXPORT_DIRECTORY *pExports = (IMAGE_EXPORT_DIRECTORY *)((size_t)pDosHeader + pNtHeader->OptionalHeader.DataDirectory[IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_EXPORT].VirtualAddress);
// The exports directory contains both a list of function _names_ of this module and the associated _addresses_ of the functions.
const int32_t *pNameOffsets = (const int32_t *)((size_t)pDosHeader + pExports->AddressOfNames);
// We will use this struct to store strings.
// We are using a struct to make sure strings don't end up in another section of the executable where we wouldn't be able to address them in a different process.
struct
{
uint64_t text0, text1;
} x;
// We're now looking for the `GetProcAddress` function. Since there's no other function starting with `GetProcA` we'll just find that instead.
x.text0 = 0x41636F7250746547; // `GetProcA`
int32_t i = 0;
// We're just extracting the first 8 bytes of the strings and compare them to `GetProcA`. We'll find it eventually.
while (*(uint64_t *)((size_t)pDosHeader + pNameOffsets[i]) != x.text0)
++i;
// We have found the index of `GetProcAddress`.
// The entry at an index in `AddressOfNames` corresponds to an entry at the same index in `AddressOfNameOrdinals`, which resolves the index of a given name to it's corresponding entry in `AddressOfFunctions`. (DLLs can export unnamed functions, which will not be listed in `AddressOfNames`.)
// Let's get the function name ordinal offsets and function offsets in order to retrieve the location of `GetProcAddress` in memory.
const int16_t *pFunctionNameOrdinalOffsets = (const int16_t *)((size_t)pDosHeader + pExports->AddressOfNameOrdinals);
const int32_t *pFunctionOffsets = (const int32_t *)((size_t)pDosHeader + pExports->AddressOfFunctions);
// Now resolve the index in `pFunctionOffsets` from `pFunctionNameOrdinalOffsets` to get the address of the desired function in memory.
typedef FARPROC(*GetProcAddressFunc)(HMODULE, const char *);
GetProcAddressFunc pGetProcAddress = (GetProcAddressFunc)(const void *)((size_t)pDosHeader + pFunctionOffsets[pFunctionNameOrdinalOffsets[i]]);
// Now that we've got `GetProcAddress`, let's use it to get `LoadLibraryA`.
// A HMODULE is just a pointer to the base address of a module.
HMODULE kernel32Dll = (HMODULE)pDosHeader;
// Get `LoadLibraryA`.
x.text0 = 0x7262694C64616F4C; // `LoadLibr`
x.text1 = 0x0000000041797261; // `aryA\0\0\0\0`
typedef HMODULE(*LoadLibraryAFunc)(const char *);
LoadLibraryAFunc pLoadLibraryA = (LoadLibraryAFunc)pGetProcAddress(kernel32Dll, (const char *)&x.text0);
There's also an example application that demonstrates how the generated shellcode can be executed inside a child process.
Get Started
git clone https://github.com/rainerzufalldererste/windows_x64_shellcode_template.git
cd windows_x64_shellcode_template
git submodule update --init --recursive
create_project.bat
Choose your compiler toolset. (VS 2015 / VS 2017)
The shellcode_template project includes everything to start developing custom shellcode.
How to retrieve the shellcode?
There are many ways to retrieve the generated shellcode.
The easiest way is probably to just step into void shellcode_template() in the Visual Studio Debugger and open the Disassembly View (Ctrl+Alt+D). Make sure to turn on displaying code bytes and turn off displaying source code and addresses to simplify the output.
48 89 5C 24 08 mov qword ptr [rsp+8],rbx
57 push rdi
48 83 EC 30 sub rsp,30h
65 48 8B 04 25 60 00 00 00 mov rax,qword ptr gs:[0000000000000060h]
33 D2 xor edx,edx
49 B8 47 65 74 50 72 6F 63 41 mov r8,41636F7250746547h
48 8B 48 18 mov rcx,qword ptr [rax+18h]
48 8B 41 20 mov rax,qword ptr [rcx+20h]
48 8B 08 mov rcx,qword ptr [rax]
48 8B 01 mov rax,qword ptr [rcx]
48 8B 78 20 mov rdi,qword ptr [rax+20h]
48 63 47 3C movsxd rax,dword ptr [rdi+3Ch]
44 8B 8C 38 88 00 00 00 mov r9d,dword ptr [rax+rdi+0000000000000088h]
41 8B 44 39 20 mov eax,dword ptr [r9+rdi+20h]
48 03 C7 add rax,rdi
48 63 08 movsxd rcx,dword ptr [rax]
4C 39 04 39 cmp qword ptr [rcx+rdi],r8
...
Now you can just remove the labels and disassembly and you're left with the shellcode:
48 89 5C 24 08
57
48 83 EC 30
65 48 8B 04 25 60 00 00 00
33 D2
49 B8 47 65 74 50 72 6F 63 41
48 8B 48 18
48 8B 41 20
48 8B 08
48 8B 01
48 8B 78 20
48 63 47 3C
44 8B 8C 38 88 00 00 00
41 8B 44 39 20
48 03 C7
48 63 08
4C 39 04 39
...
Alternatively you can just paste your code into an online compiler like godbolt.org and copy the generated MSVC assembly (that doesn't call any internal functions for i.e. buffer security cheacks or memcpy) (ie. x64 msvc v19.latest with /O2 /GS-) into an online assembler like https://defuse.ca/online-x86-assembler.htm. Then just copy the generated shellcode.
When using online compilers you will probably have to clean up the assembly a bit, like this:
x$ = 32
void shellcode_template(void) PROC ; shellcode_template, COMDAT
$LN10:
mov QWORD PTR [rsp+8], rbx
push rdi
sub rsp, 48 ; 00000030H
mov rax, QWORD PTR gs:96
xor edx, edx
mov r8, 4711732171926431047 ; 41636f7250746547H
mov rcx, QWORD PTR [rax+24]
mov rax, QWORD PTR [rcx+32]
mov rcx, QWORD PTR [rax]
mov rax, QWORD PTR [rcx]
mov rdi, QWORD PTR [rax+32]
movsxd rax, DWORD PTR [rdi+60]
mov r9d, DWORD PTR [rax+rdi+136]
mov eax, DWORD PTR [r9+rdi+32]
add rax, rdi
movsxd rcx, DWORD PTR [rax]
cmp QWORD PTR [rcx+rdi], r8
je SHORT $LN3@shellcode_
npad 2
$LL2@shellcode_:
movsxd rcx, DWORD PTR [rax+4]
lea rax, QWORD PTR [rax+4]
inc edx
cmp QWORD PTR [rcx+rdi], r8
jne SHORT $LL2@shellcode_
$LN3@shellcode_:
mov ecx, DWORD PTR [r9+rdi+36]
mov rax, 8242266044863967052 ; 7262694c64616f4cH
...
can through a bit of find and replace be turned into this: (keep in mind, the defuse.ca assembler doesn't seem to like comments)
shellcode_template:
mov qword ptr [rsp+8], rbx
push rdi
sub rsp, 48
mov rax, qword ptr gs:96
xor edx, edx
mov r8, 4711732171926431047
mov rcx, qword ptr [rax+24]
mov rax, qword ptr [rcx+32]
mov rcx, qword ptr [rax]
mov rax, qword ptr [rcx]
mov rdi, qword ptr [rax+32]
movsxd rax, DWORD ptr [rdi+60]
mov r9d, DWORD ptr [rax+rdi+136]
mov eax, DWORD ptr [r9+rdi+32]
add rax, rdi
movsxd rcx, DWORD ptr [rax]
cmp qword ptr [rcx+rdi], r8
je SHORT _function_found
; `npad 2` can be turned into two `nop`s.
nop
nop
_find_next_function:
movsxd rcx, DWORD ptr [rax+4]
lea rax, qword ptr [rax+4]
inc edx
cmp qword ptr [rcx+rdi], r8
jne SHORT _find_next_function
_function_found:
mov ecx, DWORD ptr [r9+rdi+36]
mov rax, 8242266044863967052
...
Just interested in the generated shellcode?
This is the example shellcode. It performs the following actions:
- It finds
GetProcAddressinkernel32.dll, - retrieves
LoadLibraryAfromkernel32.dll, - loads
user32.dll, - retrieves
MessageBoxAfromuser32.dll, - displays a message box,
- retrieves
ExitProcessfromkernel32.dll, - calls
ExitProcess.
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