A dependency-less implementation of GetModuleHandle and GetProcAddress.

LowUtilities.cpp

//
// An implementation of GetModuleHandle and GetProcAddress that works with manually mapped modules, forwarded exports,
// without a CRT standard library, and uses no Windows API or dependencies.
//
// Author: Bill Demirkapi
// License: MIT, appended at the bottom of this document if you care about licensing and want to credit me in your own project.
//

#include <Windows.h>
#include <winternl.h>

#define RCAST reinterpret_cast
#define SCAST static_cast
#define CCAST const_cast

struct FULL_LDR_DATA_TABLE_ENTRY;

namespace LowUtilities
{
	typedef struct _FULL_LDR_DATA_TABLE_ENTRY {
		LIST_ENTRY InLoadOrderLinks;
		LIST_ENTRY InMemoryOrderModuleList;
		LIST_ENTRY InInitializationOrderModuleList;
		PVOID DllBase;
		PVOID EntryPoint;
		ULONG SizeOfImage;
		UNICODE_STRING FullDllName;
		UNICODE_STRING BaseDllName;
		ULONG Flags;
		USHORT LoadCount;
		USHORT TlsIndex;
		union {
			LIST_ENTRY HashLinks;
			struct
			{
				PVOID SectionPointer;
				ULONG CheckSum;
			};
		};
		union {
			ULONG TimeDateStamp;
			PVOID LoadedImports;
		};
		PVOID EntryPointActivationContext;
		PVOID PatchInformation;
	} FULL_LDR_DATA_TABLE_ENTRY, * PFULL_LDR_DATA_TABLE_ENTRY;

	/// <summary>
	/// A simple string comparison function to support CRT-less environments.
	/// </summary>
	/// <typeparam name="T">The type of character pointer (CHAR, WCHAR).</typeparam>
	/// <param name="Str1">The first string to compare.</param>
	/// <param name="Str2">The second string to compare.</param>
	/// <param name="CaseSensitive">TRUE if case sensitive comparison, FALSE otherwise.</param>
	/// <param name="StartsWith">FALSE if should enforce that both strings end at same time, TRUE otherwise.</param>
	/// <returns>TRUE if equal, FALSE otherwise.</returns>
	template <class T>
	BOOL CmpString (
		_In_ CONST T* Str1,
		_In_ CONST T* Str2,
		_In_ CONST BOOL CaseSensitive = TRUE,
		_In_ CONST BOOL StartsWith = FALSE
		)
	{
		T* currentStr1;
		T* currentStr2;
		T currentChar1;
		T currentChar2;

		currentStr1 = CCAST<T*>(Str1);
		currentStr2 = CCAST<T*>(Str2);

		//
		// Enumerate every character until we hit a NULL character.
		//
		while (*currentStr1 != '\0' && *currentStr2 != '\0')
		{
			currentChar1 = *currentStr1;
			currentChar2 = *currentStr2;

			if (CaseSensitive == FALSE)
			{
				if (currentChar1 >= 65 && currentChar1 <= 90)
				{
					currentChar1 = currentChar1 + 32;
				}
				if (currentChar2 >= 65 && currentChar2 <= 90)
				{
					currentChar2 = currentChar2 + 32;
				}
			}

			if (currentChar1 != currentChar2)
			{
				return FALSE;
			}

			currentStr1++;
			currentStr2++;
		}

		//
		// Make sure both strings are ending at the same time.
		//
		if (StartsWith == FALSE && (*currentStr1 != '\0' || *currentStr2 != '\0'))
		{
			return FALSE;
		}

		return TRUE;
	}

	/// <summary>
	/// Attempts to find first instance of Str2 in Str1. God I hate writing code for a CRT-less environment :(
	/// </summary>
	/// <typeparam name="T">The type of character.</typeparam>
	/// <param name="Str1">The string to search.</param>
	/// <param name="Str2">The string to search for.</param>
	/// <param name="CaseSensitive">TRUE if case sensitive comparison, FALSE otherwise.</param>
	/// <returns>Pointer to Str2 inside Str1.</returns>
	template <class T>
	T* StrStr (
		_In_ CONST T* Str1,
		_In_ CONST T* Str2,
		_In_ CONST BOOL CaseSensitive = TRUE
		)
	{
		T* currentStr1;

		currentStr1 = CCAST<T*>(Str1);

		//
		// Enumerate every character until we hit a NULL character.
		//
		while (*currentStr1 != '\0')
		{
			if (LowUtilities::CmpString<T>(currentStr1, Str2, CaseSensitive, TRUE))
			{
				return currentStr1;
			}

			currentStr1++;
		}

		return NULL;
	}
	
	/// <summary>
	/// A bad implementation of converting a string to an integer.
	/// </summary>
	/// <param name="String">The string to parse.</param>
	/// <returns>An integer.</returns>
	int stoi (
		_In_ CHAR* String
		)
	{
		CHAR* originalString;
		int result;
		ULONG digitBase;
		SIZE_T stringLength;
		int currentDigit;

		result = 0;
		stringLength = 0;
		digitBase = 1;
		originalString = String;

		//
		// Start by counting how many characters are in String.
		//
		while (*String != '\x00')
		{
			//
			// Sanity check to make sure what we have is a string of digits.
			//
			if (*String < '0')
			{
				return 0;
			}
			String++;
			stringLength++;
		}

		//
		// Before we can parse the digits, we need to figure out the exponent of 10
		// we need to start at given the length of the string.
		//
		while (stringLength != 1)
		{
			digitBase *= 10;
			stringLength--;
		}

		//
		// Next, iterate each digit and add it to the result.
		//
		String = originalString;
		while (*String != '\x00')
		{
			//
			// Get the integer representation of the digit by subtracting the 0 ascii digit.
			//
			currentDigit = *String - '0';

			result += digitBase * currentDigit;
			digitBase /= 10;
			String++;
		}

		return result;
	}

	/// <summary>
	/// Retrieve the process process environment block. Used for enumerating loaded modules.
	/// </summary>
	/// <returns>Pointer to process PEB.</returns>
	PEB*
	GetProcessPeb (
		VOID
		)
	{
		return RCAST<PEB*>(__readgsqword(0x60));
	}

	/// <summary>
	/// Find the DLL base of a given Module.
	/// </summary>
	/// <param name="ModuleName">The name of the module.</param>
	/// <returns>If module is loaded, the DLL base of the module. Otherwise, NULL.</returns>
	PVOID
	GetModuleBase (
		_In_ CONST WCHAR* ModuleName
		)
	{
		PEB* processPeb;
		PPEB_LDR_DATA processLdr;
		PLIST_ENTRY headModuleEntry;
		PLIST_ENTRY currentModuleEntry;
		PFULL_LDR_DATA_TABLE_ENTRY currentLdrEntry;

		//
		// Grab the current process's PEB.
		//
		processPeb = LowUtilities::GetProcessPeb();
		if (processPeb == NULL)
		{
			return NULL;
		}

		processLdr = processPeb->Ldr;
		
		//
		// Enumerate the module list.
		//
		headModuleEntry = &processLdr->InMemoryOrderModuleList;
		currentModuleEntry = headModuleEntry->Flink;
		while (currentModuleEntry != headModuleEntry)
		{
			//
			// Retrieve the contained LDR_DATA_TABLE_ENTRY structure.
			//
			currentLdrEntry = CONTAINING_RECORD(currentModuleEntry, FULL_LDR_DATA_TABLE_ENTRY, InMemoryOrderModuleList);

			//
			// Determine if current entry has the DLL name we're looking for.
			//
			if (StrStr<WCHAR>(currentLdrEntry->BaseDllName.Buffer, ModuleName, FALSE))
			{
				//
				// Return the base of the module.
				//
				return currentLdrEntry->DllBase;
			}

			currentModuleEntry = currentModuleEntry->Flink;
		}

		return NULL;
	}
	
	//
	// Forward declaration for the overload of GetProcAddress.
	//
	PVOID
	GetProcAddress (
		_In_ CONST WCHAR* ModuleName,
		_In_ CONST CHAR* ExportName
		);

	/// <summary>
	/// Retrieve the export of a module.
	/// </summary>
	/// <param name="ModuleBase">The base address of the module.</param>
	/// <param name="ExportName">The export to find.</param>
	/// <returns>Pointer to export specified by export name.</returns>
	PVOID
	GetProcAddress (
		_In_ PVOID ModuleBase,
		_In_ CONST CHAR* ExportName
		)
	{
		ULONG_PTR moduleBase;
		PIMAGE_DOS_HEADER dosHeader;
		PIMAGE_NT_HEADERS ntHeaders;

		ULONG eatDirectoryOffset;
		ULONG eatDirectorySize;
		PIMAGE_EXPORT_DIRECTORY eatDirectory;
		DWORD* eatFunctions;
		WORD* eatOrdinals;
		DWORD* eatNames;
		ULONG i;
		CHAR* currentExportName;
		WORD currentExportOrdinal;
		DWORD eatNameOffset;

		CHAR* forwardedExport;
		WCHAR wideModuleName[MAX_PATH];
		ULONG c;
		CHAR* forwardedExportName;

		moduleBase = RCAST<ULONG_PTR>(ModuleBase);

		//
		// Retrieve the module DOS header.
		//
		dosHeader = RCAST<PIMAGE_DOS_HEADER>(moduleBase);
		if (dosHeader->e_magic != 'ZM')
		{
			return NULL;
		}

		//
		// Retrieve the module NT headers.
		//
		ntHeaders = RCAST<PIMAGE_NT_HEADERS>(moduleBase + dosHeader->e_lfanew);
		if (ntHeaders->Signature != 'EP')
		{
			return NULL;
		}

		//
		// Get the EAT data directory.
		//
		eatDirectoryOffset = ntHeaders->OptionalHeader.DataDirectory[IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_EXPORT].VirtualAddress;
		eatDirectorySize = ntHeaders->OptionalHeader.DataDirectory[IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_EXPORT].Size;
		eatDirectory = RCAST<PIMAGE_EXPORT_DIRECTORY>(moduleBase + eatDirectoryOffset);

		eatFunctions = RCAST<DWORD*>(moduleBase + eatDirectory->AddressOfFunctions);
		eatOrdinals = RCAST<WORD*>(moduleBase + eatDirectory->AddressOfNameOrdinals);
		eatNames = RCAST<DWORD*>(moduleBase + eatDirectory->AddressOfNames);

		//
		// Check if the export name is an ordinal.
		//
		if (RCAST<DWORD>(ExportName) < 0xFFFF)
		{
			currentExportOrdinal = (WORD)ExportName - eatDirectory->Base;
			return RCAST<PVOID>(moduleBase + eatFunctions[currentExportOrdinal]);
		}

		//
		// Iterate over every export with a name.
		//
		for (i = 0; i < eatDirectory->NumberOfNames; i++)
		{
			eatNameOffset = eatNames[i];
			currentExportName = RCAST<CHAR*>(moduleBase + eatNameOffset);

			//
			// Check if the export name matches our desired export.
			//
			if (LowUtilities::CmpString<CHAR>(currentExportName, ExportName))
			{
				//
				// If the function offset lies in the EAT virtual range, it's a forwarded export.
				//
				if (eatFunctions[eatOrdinals[i]] > eatDirectoryOffset && eatFunctions[eatOrdinals[i]] < (eatDirectoryOffset + eatDirectorySize))
				{
					forwardedExport = RCAST<CHAR*>(moduleBase + eatFunctions[eatOrdinals[i]]);

					//
					// Find the period separating the module name and the export name.
					//
					forwardedExportName = StrStr<CHAR>(forwardedExport, ".", FALSE);
					
					//
					// Skip the period.
					//
					forwardedExportName++;

					//
					// Convert the module name to a wide string.
					//
					c = 0;
					while (*forwardedExport != '.')
					{
						wideModuleName[c] = (WCHAR)forwardedExport[0];
						forwardedExport++;
						c++;
					}
					wideModuleName[c] = '\0';
					
					//
					// If the remaining function name starts with a #, attempt to convert it to an ordinal number.
					//
					if (forwardedExportName[0] == '#')
					{
						//
						// Move the cursor to the next character which should be a digit.
						//
						forwardedExportName++;

						//
						// Convert the remaining string to a number.
						//
						forwardedExportName = RCAST<CHAR*>(LowUtilities::stoi(forwardedExportName));
					}

					//
					// Recursively retrieve the forwarded export.
					//
					return LowUtilities::GetProcAddress(wideModuleName, forwardedExportName);
				}
				return RCAST<PVOID>(moduleBase + eatFunctions[eatOrdinals[i]]);
			}
		}

		return NULL;
	}

	/// <summary>
	/// Retrieve the export of a module.
	/// </summary>
	/// <param name="ModuleName">The name of the module to search.</param>
	/// <param name="ExportName">The export to find.</param>
	/// <returns>Pointer to export specified by export name.</returns>
	PVOID
	GetProcAddress (
		_In_ CONST WCHAR* ModuleName,
		_In_ CONST CHAR* ExportName
		)
	{
		PVOID moduleBase;

		//
		// Retrieve the base of the module.
		//
		moduleBase = LowUtilities::GetModuleBase(ModuleName);
		if (moduleBase == NULL)
		{
			return NULL;
		}
		return LowUtilities::GetProcAddress(moduleBase, ExportName);
	}
}

/*
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Copyright (c) 2021 Bill Demirkapi

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*/

Clean up attempt https://gist.github.com/mrexodia/f2ed348456b4a17202be33fce8c90e3e