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(Yet Another) Memory Dumper [OpenRCE Import]



Each IMAGE_IMPORT_DESCRIPTOR element structure in the import directory contains information about a DLL the current module needs in order to reference its symbols and call its functions. The array will always contain another terminating structure, which has its members initialized to zero.




(Yet another) Memory dumper [OpenRCE import]




This session will provide a quick intro into Windows Land. We will first explore the windows PE (Portable Executable) file format. On key elements we will try and present the differences between it and what we know about the ELF format. We will briefly explore how certain parts of a PE file get mapped into memory as well as how dynamic library calls are triggered focusing on the elements which are more important for our exploitation needs.


Magic - State if it's a PE32(10c) or PE32+(20B) file AddressOfEntryPoint - specifies the RVA(Relative Virtual Address) where the code will start executing after the loader has finished SizeOfImage - the size of the contiguous memory that needs to be reserved to load the file in memory SectionAlignment - the file sections are aligned in memory to this boundary FileAlignment -data alignment in boundary on disk ImageBase - preferred virtual address where the PE file should be loaded. DLLCharacteristics - specifies the important security attributes of the executable and more


Linux provides the ability of statically linking a dynamic library by including all its code in the executable. In Windows you can fill in the IAT entries at link time provided that the DLL you are linking against has a specific version. This functions in a predictable manner because, the PE file format provides an on disk map to find the exact position where a library function will be loaded in process memory. To figure out if the DLL present on disk is the the one we are bound imports are used who's structure is described by IMAGE_BOUND_IMPORT_DESCRIPTOR.


TimeDateStamp is used by the bound imports mechanism to match the version of the on disk DLL and figure out if it should be matched into memory AddressOfFunctions - is a RVA which points to the beginning of an array of function RVA called the EAT ( Export Address Table) AddressOfNames RVA which points to the beginning of an array of RVAs to the function names called the ENT (Export Names Table) AddressOfNameOrdinals - RVA that point to the beginning of an array of ordinals Base value that is subtracted from the entry in table pointed to by the AddressOfNameOrdinal to get the zero-indexed offset in the EAT NumberOfFunctions number of functions that can be called by ordinal NumberOfNames the number functions that can be called by name


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