(C++) Change Module Name at Runtime by Alex Schwarz

Created the Monday 18 July 2022. Updated 3 days ago.

Code

            // changeModuleNameRuntime.cpp : This file contains the 'main' function. Program execution begins and ends there.
#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS

#include <iostream>
#include <Windows.h>
#include <Winternl.h>

typedef struct _MYPEB {
	UCHAR InheritedAddressSpace;
	UCHAR ReadImageFileExecOptions;
	UCHAR BeingDebugged;
	UCHAR Spare;
	PVOID Mutant;
	PVOID ImageBaseAddress;
	PEB_LDR_DATA* Ldr;
	PRTL_USER_PROCESS_PARAMETERS ProcessParameters;
	PVOID SubSystemData;
	PVOID ProcessHeap;
	PVOID FastPebLock;
	PVOID FastPebLockRoutine;
	PVOID FastPebUnlockRoutine;
	ULONG EnvironmentUpdateCount;
	PVOID* KernelCallbackTable;
	PVOID EventLogSection;
	PVOID EventLog;
	PVOID FreeList;
	ULONG TlsExpansionCounter;
	PVOID TlsBitmap;
	ULONG TlsBitmapBits[0x2];
	PVOID ReadOnlySharedMemoryBase;
	PVOID ReadOnlySharedMemoryHeap;
	PVOID* ReadOnlyStaticServerData;
	PVOID AnsiCodePageData;
	PVOID OemCodePageData;
	PVOID UnicodeCaseTableData;
	ULONG NumberOfProcessors;
	ULONG NtGlobalFlag;
	UCHAR Spare2[0x4];
	ULARGE_INTEGER CriticalSectionTimeout;
	ULONG HeapSegmentReserve;
	ULONG HeapSegmentCommit;
	ULONG HeapDeCommitTotalFreeThreshold;
	ULONG HeapDeCommitFreeBlockThreshold;
	ULONG NumberOfHeaps;
	ULONG MaximumNumberOfHeaps;
	PVOID** ProcessHeaps;
	PVOID GdiSharedHandleTable;
	PVOID ProcessStarterHelper; //PPS_POST_PREOCESS_INIT_ROUTINE?
	PVOID GdiDCAttributeList;
	PVOID LoaderLock;
	ULONG OSMajorVersion;
	ULONG OSMinorVersion;
	ULONG OSBuildNumber;
	ULONG OSPlatformId;
	ULONG ImageSubSystem;
	ULONG ImageSubSystemMajorVersion;
	ULONG ImageSubSystemMinorVersion;
	ULONG GdiHandleBuffer[0x22];
	PVOID ProcessWindowStation;
} MYPEB, * PMYPEB;

void ChangeModuleName(wchar_t* szModule, wchar_t* newName)
{
	PPEB PEB = (PPEB)__readgsqword(0x60);
	_LIST_ENTRY* f = PEB->Ldr->InMemoryOrderModuleList.Flink;
	bool Found = FALSE;

	while (!Found)
	{
		PLDR_DATA_TABLE_ENTRY dataEntry = CONTAINING_RECORD(f, LDR_DATA_TABLE_ENTRY, InMemoryOrderLinks);

		if (wcsstr(dataEntry->FullDllName.Buffer, szModule) != NULL)
		{
			wcscpy(dataEntry->FullDllName.Buffer, newName);
			Found = TRUE;
			return;
		}

		f = dataEntry->InMemoryOrderLinks.Flink;
	}
}

int main()
{
	ChangeModuleName((wchar_t*)L"myApplication.exe", (wchar_t*) L"NEW_MODULE_NAME"); //you can also change to a module name with no file extension if you want to hide your module 
}