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Api set library lookup resolver
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sal.h>
#include <assert.h>
#ifdef _X86_
#error "This snippet only build in 64-bit due to heavy use of uintptr arithmetics."
#endif
// don't include <winternl.h> since their
// _PEB struct definition clash with ours.
// Instead use Processhacker's phnt internals.
#include "phnt\phnt_ntdef.h"
#pragma comment(lib, "ntdll.lib")
// The api set resolution rely on ntdll.lib internals to
// query the PEB.ApiSet member for the API_NAMESPACE struct
// and RtlCompareUnicodeStrings for strings comparisons
#pragma region ntdll internals
const NTSTATUS STATUS_SUCCESS = 0;
typedef struct _PEB
{
BOOLEAN InheritedAddressSpace;
BOOLEAN ReadImageFileExecOptions;
BOOLEAN BeingDebugged;
union
{
BOOLEAN BitField;
struct
{
BOOLEAN ImageUsesLargePages : 1;
BOOLEAN IsProtectedProcess : 1;
BOOLEAN IsImageDynamicallyRelocated : 1;
BOOLEAN SkipPatchingUser32Forwarders : 1;
BOOLEAN IsPackagedProcess : 1;
BOOLEAN IsAppContainer : 1;
BOOLEAN IsProtectedProcessLight : 1;
BOOLEAN IsLongPathAwareProcess : 1;
};
};
HANDLE Mutant;
PVOID ImageBaseAddress;
/*PPEB_LDR_DATA*/ void* Ldr;
/*PRTL_USER_PROCESS_PARAMETERS*/ void* ProcessParameters;
PVOID SubSystemData;
PVOID ProcessHeap;
PRTL_CRITICAL_SECTION FastPebLock;
PVOID AtlThunkSListPtr;
PVOID IFEOKey;
union
{
ULONG CrossProcessFlags;
struct
{
ULONG ProcessInJob : 1;
ULONG ProcessInitializing : 1;
ULONG ProcessUsingVEH : 1;
ULONG ProcessUsingVCH : 1;
ULONG ProcessUsingFTH : 1;
ULONG ProcessPreviouslyThrottled : 1;
ULONG ProcessCurrentlyThrottled : 1;
ULONG ReservedBits0 : 25;
};
};
union
{
PVOID KernelCallbackTable;
PVOID UserSharedInfoPtr;
};
ULONG SystemReserved[1];
ULONG AtlThunkSListPtr32;
PVOID ApiSetMap;
} PEB, *PPEB;
typedef enum _PROCESSINFOCLASS
{
ProcessBasicInformation, // q: PROCESS_BASIC_INFORMATION, PROCESS_EXTENDED_BASIC_INFORMATION
} PROCESSINFOCLASS;
typedef struct _PROCESS_BASIC_INFORMATION
{
NTSTATUS ExitStatus;
PPEB PebBaseAddress;
ULONG_PTR AffinityMask;
KPRIORITY BasePriority;
HANDLE UniqueProcessId;
HANDLE InheritedFromUniqueProcessId;
} PROCESS_BASIC_INFORMATION, *PPROCESS_BASIC_INFORMATION;
_Must_inspect_result_
NTSYSAPI
LONG
NTAPI
RtlCompareUnicodeStrings(
_In_reads_(String1Length) PWCH String1,
_In_ SIZE_T String1Length,
_In_reads_(String2Length) PWCH String2,
_In_ SIZE_T String2Length,
_In_ BOOLEAN CaseInSensitive
);
NTSYSCALLAPI
NTSTATUS
NTAPI
NtQueryInformationProcess(
_In_ HANDLE ProcessHandle,
_In_ PROCESSINFOCLASS ProcessInformationClass,
_Out_writes_bytes_(ProcessInformationLength) PVOID ProcessInformation,
_In_ ULONG ProcessInformationLength,
_Out_opt_ PULONG ReturnLength
);
#pragma endregion ntdll internals
// Unlike ntdll internals, the following
// structures and functions are not even exported
// by ntdll.lib. Only public symbols exists for some.
//
// API_SET_XXX structs are copied from https://github.com/zodiacon/WindowsInternals/blob/master/APISetMap/ApiSet.h
// while functions were manually reversed (with the help of HexRays).
#pragma region api set internals
typedef struct _API_SET_NAMESPACE {
ULONG Version;
ULONG Size;
ULONG Flags;
ULONG Count;
ULONG EntryOffset;
ULONG HashOffset;
ULONG HashFactor;
} API_SET_NAMESPACE, *PAPI_SET_NAMESPACE;
typedef struct _API_SET_HASH_ENTRY {
ULONG Hash;
ULONG Index;
} API_SET_HASH_ENTRY, *PAPI_SET_HASH_ENTRY;
typedef struct _API_SET_NAMESPACE_ENTRY {
ULONG Flags;
ULONG NameOffset;
ULONG NameLength;
ULONG HashedLength;
ULONG ValueOffset;
ULONG ValueCount;
} API_SET_NAMESPACE_ENTRY, *PAPI_SET_NAMESPACE_ENTRY;
typedef struct _API_SET_VALUE_ENTRY {
ULONG Flags;
ULONG NameOffset;
ULONG NameLength;
ULONG ValueOffset;
ULONG ValueLength;
} API_SET_VALUE_ENTRY, *PAPI_SET_VALUE_ENTRY;
const uint64_t API_ = (uint64_t)0x2D004900500041; // L"api-"
const uint64_t EXT_ = (uint64_t)0x2D005400580045; // L"ext-";
// wordcount = bytecount / sizeof(wchar)
#define GET_WCHAR_COUNT(ByteLen) ((ByteLen) >> 1)
#define GET_API_SET_NAMESPACE_ENTRY(ApiNamespace, HashIndex) ((API_SET_NAMESPACE_ENTRY *)((uintptr_t)ApiNamespace + HashIndex*sizeof(API_SET_NAMESPACE_ENTRY) + ApiNamespace->EntryOffset))
#define GET_API_SET_VALUE_ENTRY(ApiNamespace, Entry, Index) ((API_SET_VALUE_ENTRY *)((uintptr_t)ApiNamespace + Index*sizeof(API_SET_VALUE_ENTRY) + Entry->ValueOffset))
#define GET_API_SET_VALUE_NAME(ApiNamespace, _Entry) ((PWCHAR)((uintptr_t)ApiNamespace + _Entry->NameOffset))
#define GET_API_SET_VALUE_VALUE(ApiNamespace, _Entry) ((PWCHAR)((uintptr_t)ApiNamespace + _Entry->ValueOffset))
#define GET_API_SET_HASH_ENTRY(ApiNamespace, HashIndex) ((API_SET_HASH_ENTRY*)((uintptr_t)ApiNamespace + ApiNamespace->HashOffset + sizeof(uint64_t) * HashIndex))
PAPI_SET_NAMESPACE_ENTRY
__fastcall ApiSetpSearchForApiSet(
_In_ PAPI_SET_NAMESPACE ApiNamespace,
_In_ PWCHAR ApiNameToResolve,
_In_ uint16_t ApiNameToResolveSize
)
{
if (!ApiNameToResolveSize)
return NULL;
// HashKey = Hash(ApiNameToResolve.ToLower())
ULONG HashKey = 0;
for (auto i = 0; i < ApiNameToResolveSize; i++)
{
WCHAR CurrentChar = ApiNameToResolve[i];
CharLowerW(&CurrentChar);
HashKey = HashKey * ApiNamespace->HashFactor + CurrentChar;
}
int ApiSetEntryCount = ApiNamespace->Count - 1;
if (ApiSetEntryCount < 0)
return NULL;
// HashTable.get("apiset-name") -> HashIndex
int HashCounter = 0;
int HashIndex;
while (1)
{
HashIndex = (ApiSetEntryCount + HashCounter) >> 1;
if (HashKey < GET_API_SET_HASH_ENTRY(ApiNamespace, HashIndex)->Hash)
{
ApiSetEntryCount = HashIndex - 1;
goto CHECK_HASH_COUNTER;
}
if (HashKey == GET_API_SET_HASH_ENTRY(ApiNamespace, HashIndex)->Hash)
break;
HashCounter = HashIndex + 1;
CHECK_HASH_COUNTER:
if (HashCounter > ApiSetEntryCount)
return NULL;
}
API_SET_NAMESPACE_ENTRY *FoundEntry = GET_API_SET_NAMESPACE_ENTRY(
ApiNamespace,
GET_API_SET_HASH_ENTRY(ApiNamespace, HashIndex)->Index
);
if (!FoundEntry)
return NULL;
// Final check on apiset library name in order to make sure we didn't collide with another hash bucket.
if (0 == RtlCompareUnicodeStrings(
/* _In_ PWCHAR */ ApiNameToResolve,
/* _In_ SHORT */ ApiNameToResolveSize,
/* _In_ PWCHAR */ GET_API_SET_VALUE_NAME(ApiNamespace, FoundEntry),
/* _In_ SHORT */ GET_WCHAR_COUNT(FoundEntry->HashedLength),
TRUE // Ignore case
)) {
return FoundEntry;
}
return NULL;
}
PAPI_SET_VALUE_ENTRY
__stdcall ApiSetpSearchForApiSetHost(
_In_ PAPI_SET_NAMESPACE_ENTRY Entry,
_In_ PWCHAR *ApiToResolve,
_In_ SHORT ApiToResolveLen,
_In_ PAPI_SET_NAMESPACE ApiNamespace
)
{
//__int64 _EntryValueOffset; // r12@1
int EntryHasAlias; // ebx@1
API_SET_VALUE_ENTRY *FoundEntry; // rdi@1
int EntryAliasIndex; // esi@3
API_SET_VALUE_ENTRY *AliasEntry; // r14@3
int _result; // eax@3
// If there is no alias, don't bother checking each one.
FoundEntry = GET_API_SET_VALUE_ENTRY(ApiNamespace, Entry, 0);
EntryHasAlias = Entry->ValueCount - 1;
if (!EntryHasAlias)
return FoundEntry;
int Counter = 1;
do
{
EntryAliasIndex = (EntryHasAlias + Counter) >> 1; // Why ?
AliasEntry = GET_API_SET_VALUE_ENTRY(ApiNamespace, Entry, EntryAliasIndex);
_result = RtlCompareUnicodeStrings(
/* _In_ PWCHAR */ ApiToResolve,
/* _In_ SHORT */ ApiToResolveLen,
/* _In_ PWCHAR */ GET_API_SET_VALUE_NAME(ApiNamespace, AliasEntry),
/* _In_ SHORT */ GET_WCHAR_COUNT(AliasEntry->NameLength),
TRUE // Ignore case
);
if (_result < 0)
{
EntryHasAlias = EntryAliasIndex - 1;
}
else
{
if (_result == 0)
{
return GET_API_SET_VALUE_ENTRY(
ApiNamespace,
Entry,
((EntryHasAlias + Counter) >> 1) // Why ?
);
}
Counter = EntryAliasIndex + 1;
}
} while (Counter <= EntryHasAlias);
return FoundEntry;
}
NTSTATUS
__fastcall ApiSetResolveToHost(
_In_ PAPI_SET_NAMESPACE ApiNamespace,
_In_ PUNICODE_STRING ApiToResolve,
_In_ PUNICODE_STRING ParentName,
_Out_ PBOOLEAN Resolved,
_Out_ PUNICODE_STRING Output
)
{
NTSTATUS Status; // rax@4
char IsResolved; // bl@1
wchar_t *ApiSetNameBuffer; // rdx@2
__int16 ApiSetNameWithoutExtensionWordCount; // ax@8
API_SET_NAMESPACE_ENTRY *ResolvedEntry; // rax@9
API_SET_VALUE_ENTRY *HostLibraryEntry; // rcx@12
IsResolved = FALSE;
Output->Buffer = NULL;
Output->Length = 0;
Output->MaximumLength = 0;
if (ApiToResolve->Length < wcslen(L"api-") * sizeof(WCHAR))
{
goto EPILOGUE;
}
// --------------------------
// Check library name starts with "api-" or "ext-"
ApiSetNameBuffer = ApiToResolve->Buffer;
uint64_t ApiSetNameBufferPrefix = ((uint64_t*) ApiSetNameBuffer)[0] & 0xFFFFFFDFFFDFFFDF;
if (!(ApiSetNameBufferPrefix == API_ || ApiSetNameBufferPrefix == EXT_))
{
goto EPILOGUE;
}
// ------------------------------
// Compute word count of apiset library name without the dll suffix and anything beyond the last hyphen
// Ex:
// api-ms-win-core-apiquery-l1-1-0.dll -> wordlen(api-ms-win-core-apiquery-l1-1)
// ------------------------------
uintptr_t LastHyphen = (uintptr_t) wcsrchr(ApiSetNameBuffer, '-');
ApiSetNameWithoutExtensionWordCount = (SHORT) GET_WCHAR_COUNT(LastHyphen - (uintptr_t) ApiSetNameBuffer);
if (!ApiSetNameWithoutExtensionWordCount)
{
goto EPILOGUE;
}
// Hash table lookup
ResolvedEntry = ApiSetpSearchForApiSet(
ApiNamespace,
ApiSetNameBuffer,
ApiSetNameWithoutExtensionWordCount);
if (!ResolvedEntry)
{
goto EPILOGUE;
}
// Look for aliases in hosts librairies if necessary
if (ParentName && ResolvedEntry->ValueCount > 1)
{
HostLibraryEntry = ApiSetpSearchForApiSetHost(
ResolvedEntry,
(PWCHAR *) ParentName->Buffer,
GET_WCHAR_COUNT(ParentName->Length),
ApiNamespace
);
goto WRITING_RESOLVED_API;
}
// Output resolved host library into _Out_ UNICODE_STRING structure
if (ResolvedEntry->ValueCount > 0)
{
HostLibraryEntry = GET_API_SET_VALUE_ENTRY(ApiNamespace, ResolvedEntry, 0);
WRITING_RESOLVED_API:
IsResolved = TRUE;
Output->Buffer = GET_API_SET_VALUE_VALUE(ApiNamespace, HostLibraryEntry);
Output->MaximumLength = (SHORT) HostLibraryEntry->ValueLength;
Output->Length = (SHORT) HostLibraryEntry->ValueLength;
goto EPILOGUE;
}
EPILOGUE:
Status = STATUS_SUCCESS;
*Resolved = IsResolved;
return Status;
}
#pragma endregion api set internals
PAPI_SET_NAMESPACE
GetApiSetNamespace()
{
ULONG ReturnLength;
PROCESS_BASIC_INFORMATION ProcessInformation;
PAPI_SET_NAMESPACE apiSetMap = NULL;
// Retrieve PEB address
if (!NT_SUCCESS(NtQueryInformationProcess(
GetCurrentProcess(),
ProcessBasicInformation,
&ProcessInformation,
sizeof(PROCESS_BASIC_INFORMATION),
&ReturnLength
)))
{
return NULL;
}
// Parsing PEB structure and locating api set map
PPEB peb = (PPEB) ProcessInformation.PebBaseAddress;
apiSetMap = (PAPI_SET_NAMESPACE) peb->ApiSetMap;
return apiSetMap;
}
bool
ResolveApiSetLibrary(
_In_ wchar_t *ApiSetLibraryName,
PUNICODE_STRING ResolvedHostLibrary
)
{
PAPI_SET_NAMESPACE ApiSetNamespace = GetApiSetNamespace();
BOOLEAN Resolved = FALSE;
UNICODE_STRING ApiToResolve = {
.Buffer = ApiSetLibraryName,
.Length = (short) wcslen(ApiSetLibraryName)*sizeof(wchar_t),
.MaximumLength = (short) wcslen(ApiSetLibraryName) * sizeof(wchar_t)
};
NTSTATUS Status = ApiSetResolveToHost(
ApiSetNamespace,
&ApiToResolve,
NULL,
&Resolved,
ResolvedHostLibrary
);
return (NT_SUCCESS(Status) && Resolved);
}
#define _UNICODE_LITERAL(wchar_name_array) { \
.Buffer = wchar_name_array, \
.Length = (SHORT)wcslen(wchar_name_array) * sizeof(wchar_t), \
.MaximumLength = (SHORT)wcslen(wchar_name_array) * sizeof(wchar_t) \
}
#define UNICODE_LITERAL(wchar_name_array) _UNICODE_LITERAL(wchar_name_array)
void API_SET_UNIT_TEST(wchar_t *api_set_dll, wchar_t *host_dll)
{
UNICODE_STRING HostLibrary = UNICODE_LITERAL (host_dll);
UNICODE_STRING ApiSetLibrary = UNICODE_LITERAL (api_set_dll);
UNICODE_STRING ResolvedHostLibrary = {0};
assert(true == ResolveApiSetLibrary(api_set_dll, &ResolvedHostLibrary));
assert(0 == RtlCompareUnicodeStrings(HostLibrary.Buffer, HostLibrary.Length >> 1, ResolvedHostLibrary.Buffer, ResolvedHostLibrary.Length >> 1, TRUE));
}
int wmain(int argc, wchar_t* argv[])
{
if (argc < 2)
{
wprintf(L"ApiSetLookup : test for api set resolution.\n");
return 0;
}
// Unit testing : this may not be true on your machine (that's kinda the point of the api set schema).
API_SET_UNIT_TEST(L"api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll", L"ucrtbase.dll");
API_SET_UNIT_TEST(L"api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll", L"ucrtbase.dll");
API_SET_UNIT_TEST(L"api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll", L"ucrtbase.dll");
API_SET_UNIT_TEST(L"api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll", L"kernelbase.dll");
API_SET_UNIT_TEST(L"api-ms-win-core-job-l1-1-0.dll", L"kernelbase.dll");
API_SET_UNIT_TEST(L"api-ms-win-core-job-l2-1-1.dll", L"kernel32.dll");
API_SET_UNIT_TEST(L"api-ms-win-core-registry-private-l1-1-0.dll", L"advapi32.dll");
API_SET_UNIT_TEST(L"api-ms-win-downlevel-ole32-l1-1-1.dll", L"combase.dll");
API_SET_UNIT_TEST(L"api-ms-win-eventing-consumer-l1-1-1.dll", L"sechost.dll");
API_SET_UNIT_TEST(L"ext-ms-onecore-appdefaults-l1-1-0.dll", L"windows.storage.dll");
API_SET_UNIT_TEST(L"ext-ms-win-wer-wct-l1-1-0.dll", L"wer.dll");
wchar_t *ApiSetLibraryName = argv[1];
UNICODE_STRING HostApi = { 0 };
if (ResolveApiSetLibrary(ApiSetLibraryName, &HostApi))
{
// HostApi.Buffer is not NULL terminated (probably to save some precious bytes since it's COW in every process)
wchar_t HostLibraryName[MAX_PATH];
_snwprintf_s(HostLibraryName, _countof(HostLibraryName), HostApi.Length >> 1, L"%s", HostApi.Buffer);
wprintf(L"[!] Api set library resolved : %s -> %s\n", ApiSetLibraryName, HostLibraryName);
}
else
{
wprintf(L"[x] Could not resolve Api set library : %s.\n", ApiSetLibraryName);
}
return 0;
}
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kokole commented Apr 3, 2020

wcsrchr(ApiSetNameBuffer, '-') results in a buffer overrun

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win7 x64 tested, ApiSetpSearchForApiSet function always return NULL https://gist.github.com/lucasg/9aa464b95b4b7344cb0cddbdb4214b25#file-apisetlookup-c-L222

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