Code Injection - Working with Integers
This tutorial builds on the topic of Code Injection:
- Code Injection - Basic injection
- Code Injection - Full injection
- Code Injection - Adding Editable Values
- Code Injection - Working with Integers
- Code Injection - Working with Floats
Let's say you have an integer and some code that increases the value.
add [eax+10],ecx
What if what writes to the value is only a MOV. Try to find a spot above the write instruction that has an ADD (or a SUB depending on what you want to do).
add ecx,ebx //... mov [eax+10],ecx
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Hardcoded value[edit]
We could just hardcode a value for this.
add dword ptr [eax+10],(int)100 // #100 //// "#" is a short hand for integer
Editable value[edit]
We could use a label, giving it some memory. And optionally register it so the label can be used on the table as an address.
//...
alloc(someMem, 0x400)
//...
label(someSymbol)
registerSymbol(someSymbol)
//...
someMem:
//...
mov ecx,[someSymbol]
add [eax+10],ecx
//...
jmp return
//...
someSymbol:
dd (int)100
//...
Adding a Multiplier[edit]
We could add an editable value like above but use IMUL to add a multiplier to the script.
//...
alloc(someMem, 0x400)
//...
label(someSymbol)
registerSymbol(someSymbol)
//...
someMem:
//...
imul ecx,[someSymbol]
add [eax+10],ecx
//...
jmp return
//...
someSymbol:
dd (int)10
//...
Fractional Multiplier[edit]
But what if we wanted to be able to multiply by a fractional number (i.e.: "0.5"). Well this can take a bit more, but we can use CVTSI2SS and CVTSS2SI to convert the value from an integer to a float and back a gain. Then we can just use MULSS to do the multiplying, but we will need an XMM registry to work with. So we will need some extra memory and use MOVUPS to save and restore the XMM registry.
//...
alloc(someMem, 0x400)
//...
label(someSymbol)
registerSymbol(someSymbol)
label(extraStuff)
//...
someMem:
//...
movups [extraStuff],xmm0 //// save
cvtsi2ss xmm0,ecx
mulss xmm0,[someSymbol]
cvtss2si ecx,xmm0
movups xmm0,[extraStuff] //// restore
//...
jmp return
//...
someSymbol:
dd (int)10
extraStuff:
dd 0 //// Data double-word (4 bytes)
dd 0
dq 0 //// Data quad-word (8 bytes)
//...
Calculate a value for a Multiplier[edit]
Let's say we just can't find an ADD or a SUB, and all we have is a MOV.
mov [eax+10],ecx
We can just do some math in the script, to calculate a value for a multiplier.
//...
alloc(someMem, 0x400)
//...
label(someSymbol)
registerSymbol(someSymbol)
//...
someMem:
//...
sub ecx,[eax+10]
imul ecx,[someSymbol]
add ecx,[eax+10]
mov [eax+10],ecx
//...
jmp return
//...
someSymbol:
dd (int)10
//...
