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'''
Still remembers the Catwestern problem in the last Defcon CTF?
https://github.com/smokeleeteveryday/CTF_WRITEUPS/tree/master/2015/DEFCONCTF/coding/catwestern
In the writeup above, they complained about missing x86-64 emulator.
We solved this problem with Unicorn framework in this simple code.
'''
from unicorn import *
from unicorn.x86_const import *
X86_CODE64 = b"\x41\xBC\x3B\xB0\x28\x2A\x49\x0F\xC9\x90\x4D\x0F\xAD\xCF\x49\x87\xFD\x90\x48\x81\xD2\x8A\xCE\x77\x35\x48\xF7\xD9\x4D\x29\xF4\x49\x81\xC9\xF6\x8A\xC6\x53\x4D\x87\xED\x48\x0F\xAD\xD2\x49\xF7\
xD4\x48\xF7\xE1\x4D\x19\xC5\x4D\x89\xC5\x48\xF7\xD6\x41\xB8\x4F\x8D\x6B\x59\x4D\x87\xD0\x68\x6A\x1E\x09\x3C\x59"
# memory address where emulation starts
ADDRESS = 0x1000000
def test_x86_64():
print("Emulate x86_64 code")
try:
# Initialize emulator in X86-64bit mode
mu = Uc(UC_ARCH_X86, UC_MODE_64)
# map 2MB memory for this emulation
mu.mem_map(ADDRESS, 2 * 1024 * 1024)
# write machine code to be emulated to memory
mu.mem_write(ADDRESS, X86_CODE64)
# initialize machine registers
mu.reg_write(X86_REG_RAX, 0x71f3029efd49d41d)
mu.reg_write(X86_REG_RBX, 0xd87b45277f133ddb)
mu.reg_write(X86_REG_RCX, 0xab40d1ffd8afc461)
mu.reg_write(X86_REG_RDX, 0x919317b4a733f01)
mu.reg_write(X86_REG_RSI, 0x4c24e753a17ea358)
mu.reg_write(X86_REG_RDI, 0xe509a57d2571ce96)
mu.reg_write(X86_REG_R8, 0xea5b108cc2b9ab1f)
mu.reg_write(X86_REG_R9, 0x19ec097c8eb618c1)
mu.reg_write(X86_REG_R10, 0xec45774f00c5f682)
mu.reg_write(X86_REG_R11, 0xe17e9dbec8c074aa)
mu.reg_write(X86_REG_R12, 0x80f86a8dc0f6d457)
mu.reg_write(X86_REG_R13, 0x48288ca5671c5492)
mu.reg_write(X86_REG_R14, 0x595f72f6e4017f6e)
mu.reg_write(X86_REG_R15, 0x1efd97aea331cccc)
# setup stack
mu.reg_write(X86_REG_RSP, ADDRESS + 0x200000)
# emulate machine code in infinite time
mu.emu_start(ADDRESS, ADDRESS + len(X86_CODE64))
# done! now print out the CPU registers
print(">>> Emulation done. Below is the CPU context")
rax = mu.reg_read(X86_REG_RAX)
rbx = mu.reg_read(X86_REG_RBX)
rcx = mu.reg_read(X86_REG_RCX)
rdx = mu.reg_read(X86_REG_RDX)
rsi = mu.reg_read(X86_REG_RSI)
rdi = mu.reg_read(X86_REG_RDI)
r8 = mu.reg_read(X86_REG_R8)
r9 = mu.reg_read(X86_REG_R9)
r10 = mu.reg_read(X86_REG_R10)
r11 = mu.reg_read(X86_REG_R11)
r12 = mu.reg_read(X86_REG_R12)
r13 = mu.reg_read(X86_REG_R13)
r14 = mu.reg_read(X86_REG_R14)
r15 = mu.reg_read(X86_REG_R15)
print(">>> RAX = %x" %rax)
print(">>> RBX = %x" %rbx)
print(">>> RCX = %x" %rcx)
print(">>> RDX = %x" %rdx)
print(">>> RSI = %x" %rsi)
print(">>> RDI = %x" %rdi)
print(">>> R8 = %x" %r8)
print(">>> R9 = %x" %r9)
print(">>> R10 = %x" %r10)
print(">>> R11 = %x" %r11)
print(">>> R12 = %x" %r12)
print(">>> R13 = %x" %r13)
print(">>> R14 = %x" %r14)
print(">>> R15 = %x" %r15)
except UcError as e:
print("ERROR: %s" % e)
if __name__ == '__main__':
test_x86_64()
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