#!/usr/bin/env python3 # Inserts multi line shellcode into a C-file with a placeholder shellcode. Overwriting the placeholder # import re import argparse def replace(args): """ Replace a specified placeholder part in a file with the shellcode in the shellcode file :param original_file: :param placeholder_pattern: :param shellcode_file: :param out_file: :return: """ original_file = args.original_file placeholder_pattern = args.placeholder_pattern shellcode_file = args.shellcode_file out_file = args.out_file with open(shellcode_file, "rt") as fh: replacement = fh.read() with open(original_file, "rt") as fh: original = fh.read() s = re.split(placeholder_pattern, original, maxsplit=1, flags=re.S) print(s[0], replacement, s[1]) with open(out_file, "wt") as fh: fh.write(s[0]) fh.write(replacement) fh.write(s[1]) # res = re.sub(placeholder_pattern, replacement, original) # print(res) def create_parser(): """ Creates the parser for the command line arguments""" parser = argparse.ArgumentParser("A tool to patch a shellcode into a C source file") parser.set_defaults(func=replace) parser.set_defaults(placeholder_pattern=r'unsigned char \w*\[\] =.{0,1}"\\x\d\d[^;]*".{0,1};') parser.add_argument('--original_file', default="../tests/data/insert_shellcode/babymetal.cpp", help="The original C code with a shellcode to replace") parser.add_argument('--shellcode_file', default="../tests/data/insert_shellcode/shellcode.c", help="The shellcode C snippet to insert into the original file") parser.add_argument('--out_file', default="patched.c", help="The resulting patched file") return parser if __name__ == "__main__": arguments = create_parser().parse_args() arguments.func(arguments) # replace("../tests/data/insert_shellcode/babymetal.cpp", r'unsigned char \w*\[\] =.{0,1}"\\x\d\d[^;]*".{0,1};', "../tests/data/insert_shellcode/shellcode.c", "result.txt")