So here we go...

I couldn't find a built-in API to do this in Idapython. All the built-ins required that the DLL was loaded by an executable. For my purposes, that wasn't an option. So if you want DLL base address on just the DLL disassembled in IDA, you have to pull in Segments() and just get the lowest one, or index [0]. That's how I did it anyway. Code on github shortly...

Just putting a little humor out there

How highly technical people see job searches...I think I need this on a T-Shirt

Just won a wireless challenge over on securitytube.

It was more of a python scripting challenge than a wireless challenge. Wep ~= ARC4. So the test case was more...well you take my point. Original challenge: http://www.securitytube.net/video/1884 Solution: http://www.securitytube.net/video/1900

Darn I need a job...

Anybody reading the blog that has leads on remote contracting opportunities please let me know...on a side note newegg has a pretty awesome chunk of hardware for under $300 here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.639044&cm_sp=ShellShocker-_-639044-_-05032011 .  If you don't make the deadline, I bought two...send me a mail and I'll see what I can do. 
 
Oh and to add a little 'flair' 

Just a note for people that read the blog and view securitytube...

If you get the code from exploitdb or packetstorm from my recent tutorial, you can bypass that huge ulimit requirement by removing all instances of " +\n\t\t".  It makes a lot of editors cry though, so you have been warned.  I just didn't want it to get abused by a bunch of skiddies.  It also makes the file get generated a LOT faster.  Okay, just thought I should let people know that it was on purpose.  I think I even noted in the video or exploit code that there were things I "could have done better".  This is one of them.

I recently did a basic windbg primer to break people in to windbg...

I brought up python integration with .shell () | | |...On the other hand, if you're comfortable without a gui: http://pykd.codeplex.com/ is AWESOME.  Website is in Russian and I haven't tested the code yet, but think pydbg on steroids + kernel debugging.  Nastiness ensues.  U <3 the Russian programmer that did this...if it works.  I'll check in the morning.

New tutorial on vimeo...windbg primer...and i do mean primer

Some very basic commands and making it look a bit more like immdbg for ppl that are used to immunity: http://vimeo.com/20579592

New modifications to my code on github

The video on Vimeo will be available at: http://vimeo.com/20256351 if the conversion goes properly.  I'll edit to include my conversion options as the output file was TINY by comparison to other videos and still great resolution.  We'll see...more to follow on that part.

Securitytube link goes here(when it's approved)

Note: I really appreciate securitytube linking to me.  They are responsibly for most of my traffic at the moment.

The code is available at github.  aking1012/bindiff-ruby

Thanks for reading.  Hope you enjoy it.

Ruby for hackers code snippet 2, the bindump class

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#Class file for ruby function and basic block importing from immunity dumps.
#I may add conversion of the vcg files to dot files and some basic block
#highlighting.

class Bindump
@organized = Array.new

def initialize(filename)
funclist = Array.new
funclist.push("Start address","End address","Content array")
afunc = Array.new
afunc.push("Start address block","End address","Content array")
abb = Array.new
som = "" #not implemented
sof = ""
eof = ""
sob = ""
eob = ""
eom = ""
newf = false
newbb = false

File.open(filename).each { |line|
line.chomp!
#parse for start of binary address
#not implemented

#parse for start of function
if ( line.index('sof')!=nil )
 temparray = line.split(':')
 sof = temparray[1]

#parse for end of function
elsif ( line.index('eof')!=nil )
 temparray = line.split(':')
 eof = temparray[1]
 newf = true

#parse for start of basic block
elsif ( line.index('BBS')!=nil )
 temparray = line.split(':')
 sob = temparray[1]

#parse for end of basic block
elsif ( line.index('BBE')!=nil )
 temparray = line.split(':')
 eob = temparray[1]
 newbb = true

#if we get here it's either junk or basic block instructions
#trailing junk is okay, leading junk is not
else
 abb.push(line)
end


#check if a basic block is ready
if (newbb == true)
  #add our blocks to the function
  afunc.push(sob, eob, abb)
  #clear the array
  abb = Array.new
  abb.push("Start address block","End address","Content array")
  #set new block
  newbb = false
  #add the basic block to the function
elsif (newf == true)
  #check if a func is ready
  funclist.push(sof, eof, afunc)
  #clear the array
  afunc = Array.new
  afunc.push("Start address block","End address","Content array")
  #set new func 
  newf = false
end
  }
#fileread just ended
#copy it out of private to instance
@organized = funclist

end
#init just ended

def getorganized
 return @organized
end

def funccount
 return ((@organized.length)/3-1)
end

def bbcount(funcnum)
  startadd, endadd, allblocks = funcbynum(1)
  return (allblocks.length/3-1)
end

def funcbynum(funcnum)
  funcnum = funcnum
  startadd = @organized[funcnum]
  endadd = @organized[funcnum+1]
  function = @organized[funcnum+2]
  return startadd, endadd, function
end

def bbgetbynum(funcnum, bbnum)
  bbnum = bbnum
  startadd, endadd, data = funcbynum(funcnum)

  startadd = data[bbnum]
  endaddadd = data[bbnum+1]
  assembly = data[bbnum+2]
  return startadd, endadd, assembly
end

end
#end of bindump class

#Start of on execute

begin
if __FILE__ == $0
test = Bindump.new('immdump.old')
puts "The assembled array looks like this"
p test.getorganized
puts "Number of functions is"
puts test.funccount
puts "We get a function like this funcbynum(1) which returns"
startadd, endadd, basicblocks = test.funcbynum(1)
puts "The start address: " + startadd
puts "The end address: " + endadd
puts "The entire function with extra data: "
puts basicblocks
puts "The first function has this many basic blocks"
puts test.bbcount(1)
puts "The contents of the first function's first basic block are"
startdadd, endadd, code = test.bbgetbynum(1,1)
puts code
puts "The start address is: " + startadd
puts "The end address is: " + endadd
puts "Okay, so does the example make sense?"
end
end

Ep1Pt1 Ruby4Hackers - An Immunity Debugger connector and binary dumper

It is a little fuzzy.  I can still read the pertinent code sections.  We don't need to see the immdbg window in this tutorial, so the very blurry on that one is okay.  Original ogv is available if requested (1440x900 and really sharp).

Link to vimeo: http://vimeo.com/20135554

On SecurityTube: http://www.securitytube.net/Ruby-for-Hackers-Ep1-Pt1-Getting-ready-to-write-our-own-Binary-Diffing-Engine-video.aspx

The securitytube link has a high res download available it you want to see the code.

When all parts of this tutorial are complete code may be available for download or posted on RCE.  Most of following along with this part is getting the environment set up so the broad strokes are sorted out and working.  In the next video we will move on to the actual binary diffing and seeing code more sharply will be critical.

The upload should be at 1280x720, but the re-encode to mp4 degrades the quality(and vimeo chokes on gtkrecordmydesktop ogv files because of the swscaler stream).  For this reason I have to use ffmpeg to re-encode as mp4 with different bearer streams.  Then next part will be sharper, I was just REALLY tired.

So over on questions.securitytube.net a user named me asked about ImmDbg binary diffing and wanted a cut and paste plug-in.

This is not a cut and paste plugin, but it does dump function locations and addresses...

# bindiff PyCommand - (c) Andrew King
# TODO:
# - a LOT
# liberated some code from other scripts built by immunity.
# this arrangement, however, is mine.

import immlib
import immutils
import libdatatype
import getopt
from immlib import *


__VERSION__ = '0.la'
DESC        = "A start on bindiff for immdbg"
ProgName    = 'bindiff'
ProgVers    = __VERSION__


def usage(imm):
    imm.log("%s v%s aking1012 -> team notATeam : response to a question on questions.securitytube.net" % (ProgName, ProgVers),focus=1, highlight=1)
    imm.log("!%s    Runs through all function calls and dumps the basic blocks for binary diff-ing" % (NAME))
    imm.log("usage !bindiff -i modulename")
    imm.log("%s v%s aking1012 -> team notATeam : response to a question on questions.securitytube.net" % (ProgName, ProgVers),focus=1, highlight=1)
     
def main(args):
  
    imm = Debugger()
    include_pattern = exclude_pattern = None

    try:
        opts, args = getopt.getopt(args, "i:")
    except getopt.GetoptError:
        usage(imm)
        return "Incorrect arguments (Check log window)"
    for o, a in opts:
        if o == "-i":
            image_name = a
        else:
            usage(imm)
            return "Incorrect arguments (Check log window)"
      
    imm.markBegin()
    module = imm.getModule( image_name )
    modadd = module.getBase()
    func_list = imm.getAllFunctions( modadd )
    i=0
    for f in func_list:
        i=1+i
        function=imm.getFunction(f)
        sof = imm.getFunctionBegin(f)
        imm.log("Start of function: %x - end " % (sof))
        basicblocks = function.getBasicBlocks(f)
        for bb in basicblocks:
            imm.log("    basicblock duration: %x - end %x" % (bb.start,bb.end))
            inst_set=bb.getInstructions(imm)
            for inst in inst_set:
                imm.log("        assembly: %s" % inst.result)
    totaltime=imm.markEnd()
    imm.log("Used time: %d seconds" % totaltime)
                  
    return "[*] Got'em."

New video on vimeo

Approved on Securitytube.
Here's the link: http://www.securitytube.net/Exploit-Research-Megaprimer-Part-9-Guest-Lecture-by-Andrew-King-video.aspx

Link to vimeo: http://vimeo.com/19971212

It's a SEH Exploitation Tutorial video I made to help out Vivek with his Exploitation Megaprimer.  Happy bug hunting.

Working with binary in ruby...without bit-struct etc

test = String.new

File.open('../data/sourcefile').each do |line|
#combine the strings into one long string
test = test + line
end

#get hex and binary representations of the file...
#no I am not easy on memory
testa = test.unpack('H*')
testb = test.unpack('B*')
#this is so we get the strings and can do substring stuff.
testc = testa[0]
testd = testb[0]
teste = Array.new
testf = Array.new

#in here i was testing how to set a single bit
p testd
p testd[0..7]
testd[7] = '0'
p testd
teste[0] = testc
testf[0] = testd
#and reverse the transform
testg = teste.pack('H*')
testh = testf.pack('B*')
#i tested it...oddly enough it preserves newlines and nulls
#even though my conversion was...lacking finesse
#but it's the easiest way i could find
p testg
p testh


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Thinking if I wanted to add a single bit to the end of a binary string I could to a pack on a single 1 and add the strings together...Hmm,  anyway.  Using this snippet in a targeted fuzzer I am trying to put together.  Need to make some conversion classes and the like, but you get the idea.  That's all for now.