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.
//
//**********************************************************************************************************
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\n", (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\n", (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.\n", (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);
}
}
// 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((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
}
//**********************************************************************************************************
//
// 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.
//
//**********************************************************************************************************
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;
}
if(readSize != toRead)
{
printf("Error reading section %d\n", 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.
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.
//
//**********************************************************************************************************
//**********************************************************************************************************
//
// Creates the original EXE in suspended mode and returns its info in the PROCINFO structure.
//
//**********************************************************************************************************
//**********************************************************************************************************
//
// Returns true if the PE file has a relocation table
//
//**********************************************************************************************************
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;
};
//**********************************************************************************************************
//
// This function reads the MZ, PE, PE extended and Section Headers from an EXE file.
//
//**********************************************************************************************************
//**********************************************************************************************************
//
// 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);
}
}
}