wixl-linux-msi-generate

README.md

Build Wixl

• Build wixl binary using Dockerfile.wixl
• Copy the wixl binary from the container or use the container with a volume to build your MSI

Build MSI

• Make sure software.exe is present on disk in the CWD.
• Use the generated wixl binary to build the wxs template.

wixl -v software.wxs.template -o software.msi

Sign the binary

• Make sure osslsigncode is installed.
• You need a PFX code signing certificate (non-EV)
• Use the following the command line to sign both the EXE and MSI files

osslsigncode sign -pkcs12 codesigning.pfx -in software_unsigned.exe -out software_signed.exe -pass "<password>"
osslsigncode sign -pkcs12 codesigning.pfx -in software_unsigned.msi -out software_signed.msi -pass "<password>"

Fake Code Sign

You can also use Limelighter to sign the binaries using a self-signed code signing certificate.

Customize Template

Customize the template according to wix configuration. Please remember, wixl does not support all features of the WXS configurations, knowing which configurations are supported is a trip down the wixl source code.

WIXL Executable

You can also find a compiled wixl ELF here generated using the provided dockerfile.

Dockerfile.wixl

FROM ubuntu:20.04 as base

USER root

ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

RUN /usr/bin/apt-get update && /usr/bin/apt-get -y install meson \
                                ninja-build \
                                valac \
                                libgtk-3-dev \
                                bison \
                                cmake \
                                libgsf-1-dev \
                                libgcab-dev \
                                libgirepository1.0-dev \
                                ninja-build \
                                libmsi0 \
                                wget \
                                && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*;
RUN /bin/mkdir /opt/msi \
&& /bin/mkdir /mnt/attack \
&& /usr/bin/wget -O /opt/msitools.tar.xz https://download.gnome.org/sources/msitools/0.101/msitools-0.101.tar.xz \
&& /usr/bin/tar -xvf /opt/msitools.tar.xz -C /opt/msi

WORKDIR /opt/msi/msitools-0.101

RUN meson setup builddir \
    && ninja -C builddir \
    && meson install -C builddir;

# In the software directory
# docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd):/mnt/attack

#COPY software.exe /mnt/attack/build/software.exe
#RUN wixl -v software.template.wxs -o software.msi

# Output MSI will be saved to PWD.

software.template.wxs

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='windows-1252'?>
<Wix xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi'>
  <Product Name='Software Name' Id='<put unique UUID here>' UpgradeCode='<put unique UUID here>'
    Language='1033' Codepage='1252' Version='1.0.0' Manufacturer='Software Manufacturer'>

    <Package InstallScope="perMachine" Id='*' Keywords='Installer' Description="Software Installer"
      Comments='Software Installer' Manufacturer='Software Manufacturer'
      InstallerVersion='200' Languages='1033' Compressed='yes' SummaryCodepage='1252' />

    <Media Id='1' Cabinet='Software.cab' EmbedCab='yes' DiskPrompt="CD-ROM #1" />
    <Property Id='DiskPrompt' Value="Software Installation" />

    <Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir'>
      <Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles'>
        <Directory Id='Software' Name='Software'>
          <Directory Id='INSTALLDIR' Name='File'>
            <Component Id='MainExecutable' Guid='96e5aa48-e250-4900-a75e-ca7f7b030690'>
                <File Id='SoftwareEXE' Name='software.exe' DiskId='1' Source='software.exe' KeyPath='yes'/>
            </Component>

          </Directory>
        </Directory>
      </Directory>

    <Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder" Name="Programs">
    <Directory Id="ProgramMenuDir" Name="Software 1.0.0">
        <Component Id="ProgramMenuDir" Guid="df114d75-4b4f-44c0-a9a9-792d3572196a">
        <RemoveFolder Id='ProgramMenuDir' On='uninstall' />
        <RegistryValue Root='HKCU' Key='Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductName]' Type='string' Value='' KeyPath='yes' />
        </Component>
    </Directory>
    </Directory>

    <Directory Id="DesktopFolder" Name="Desktop" />
</Directory>
    
    <Feature Id='Complete' Level='1'>
      <ComponentRef Id='MainExecutable' />
      <ComponentRef Id='ProgramMenuDir' />
    </Feature>

  <InstallExecuteSequence>
    <Custom Action='installservice' Before='InstallFinalize' Sequence='6598'>(NOT Installed) AND (NOT REMOVE)</Custom> 
    <Custom Action='startservice' Before='InstallFinalize' Sequence='6599'>(NOT Installed) AND (NOT REMOVE)</Custom>
    <Custom Action="stopservice" After="InstallInitialize" Sequence='1501'>(NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE) AND (REMOVE="ALL")</Custom>
    <Custom Action="uninstallservice" After="InstallInitialize" Sequence='1502'>(NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE) AND (REMOVE="ALL")</Custom>
  </InstallExecuteSequence>
  <Property Id='SOFTWAREINSTALL' Value='C:\Program Files (x86)\Software\File\software.exe' />
  <CustomAction Property='SOFTWAREINSTALL' ExeCommand='install' Id='installservice' Execute='deferred' Return='check'/>
  <CustomAction Property='SOFTWAREINSTALL' ExeCommand='start' Id='startservice' Execute='deferred' Return='check'/>
  
  </Product>
</Wix>