x86 implementation fails when not running as Administrator about delete-self-poc

[Octoberfest7]

After further research this appears to be a very strange mingw-w64 issue. I copied the source code into VS2019 and it compiled and functioned fine as x86. I would love to know what would cause such a strange issue

[LloydLabs]

After further research this appears to be a very strange mingw-w64 issue. I copied the source code into VS2019 and it compiled and functioned fine as x86. I would love to know what would cause such a strange issue

That is extremely weird @Octoberfest7, do you have the binaries you could send to me? I'll take a look side by side.

[Octoberfest7]

How would you prefer I get them to you? Alternatively I can just provide the mingw command and version I used, as the baseline code in the repo will reproduce this issue.

[Octoberfest7]

See this repo: https://github.com/Octoberfest7/Delete-self-files

I have uploaded the compiled x86 exe's from both MingW and VS2019, as well as provided details on each in the README. Additionally I linked a StackOverflow post I made on the issue so you can read what others have said. One particularly helpful individual even provided code to address the memory issues that the other open issue speaks of.

Let me know if you need more/what you find out.

[Octoberfest7]

Issue resolved. With x86 programs there needs to be a manifest file present when calling certain API's involved in UAC virtualization. Mingw does not create or include this manifest file, you must create it and include it manually. See this stack overflow post: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71834608/mingw-produces-x86-program-which-only-successfully-runs-as-administrator-x64-an/71838906?noredirect=1#comment126965290_71838906