nullcharb / bokuloader

Cobalt Strike User-Defined Reflective Loader written in Assembly & C for advanced evasion capabilities. By: @0xBoku & @s4ntiago_p

BokuLoader - Cobalt Strike Reflective Loader

Cobalt Strike User-Defined Reflective Loader written in Assembly & C for advanced evasion capabilities.

Project Contributors: Bobby Cooke @0xBoku & Santiago Pecin @s4ntiago_p

Features

• Direct NT Syscalls via HellsGate & HalosGate
• NOHEADERCOPY - Loader will not copy headers over to beacon. Decommits the first memory page which would normally hold the headers
• NoRWX - The Reflective loader writes beacon with Read & Write permissions and after resolving Beacons Import Table & Relocations, changes the .TEXT code section of Beacon to Read & Execute permissions
• XGetProcAddress for resolving symbols
• 100k UDRL Size
• Caesar Cipher for string obfuscation

Project Origins

• Based on Stephen Fewer's incredible Reflective Loader project:
  • https://github.com/stephenfewer/ReflectiveDLLInjection
• Initially created while working through Renz0h's Reflective DLL videos from the Sektor7 Malware Developer Intermediate (MDI) Course

Usage

1. Start your Cobalt Strike Team Server with or without a profile.
2. Unless you only generate RAW payloads, set the stagesize to 412256 on build.sh in the artifact kit.
3. Load the dist-template/artifact.cna Aggressor script.
4. Go to your Cobalt Strike GUI and import the BokuLoader.cna Aggressor script.
5. Generate your x64 payload (Attacks -> Packages -> Windows Executable (S))

• Does not support x86 option. The x86 bin is the original Reflective Loader object file.
  

6. Use the Script Console to make sure that the beacon created successfully with this User-Defined Reflective Loader

• If successful, the output in the Script Console will look like this:
  

Build

1. Run the make command after installling required dependencies

# Install brew on macOS if you need it (https://brew.sh/)
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
# Install Ming using Brew
brew install mingw-w64
# Clone this Reflective DLL project from this github repo
git clone https://github.com/boku7/BokuLoader.git
# Compile the BokuLoader Object file
cd BokuLoader/
make

2. Follow "Usage" instructions

Credits / References

Reflective Loader

• https://github.com/stephenfewer/ReflectiveDLLInjection
• 100% recommend these videos if you're interested in Reflective DLL:
  • Dancing with Import Address Table (IAT) - Sektor 7 MDI Course
  • Walking through Export Address Table - Sektor 7 MDI Course
  • Reflective Injection Explained - Sektor 7 MDI Course
  • ReflectiveLoader source review - Sektor 7 MDI Course

HalosGate SysCaller

• Reenz0h from @SEKTOR7net
  • Most of the C techniques I use are from Reenz0h's awesome courses and blogs
  • Best classes for malware development out there.
  • Creator of the halos gate technique. His work was the motivation for this work.
  • Sektor7 HalosGate Blog

HellsGate Syscaller

• @smelly__vx & @am0nsec ( Creators/Publishers of the Hells Gate technique )
  • Could not have made my implementation of HellsGate without them :)
  • Awesome work on this method, really enjoyed working through it myself. Thank you!
  • https://github.com/am0nsec/HellsGate
  • Link to the Hell's Gate paper: https://vxug.fakedoma.in/papers/VXUG/Exclusive/HellsGate.pdf

Cobalt Strike User Defined Reflective Loader

• https://www.cobaltstrike.com/help-user-defined-reflective-loader

Great Resource for learning Intel ASM

• Pentester Academy - SLAE64

ETW and AMSI Bypass

• @mariuszbit - for awesome idea to implement bypasses in reflective loader!
• @XPN Hiding Your .NET – ETW
• ajpc500/BOFs
• Offensive Security OSEP

Implementing ASM in C Code with GCC

• https://outflank.nl/blog/2020/12/26/direct-syscalls-in-beacon-object-files/
• https://www.cs.uaf.edu/2011/fall/cs301/lecture/10_12_asm_c.html
• http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.0.2/gcc/Extended-Asm.html#Extended-Asm

Cobalt Strike C2 Profile Generator

• Tylous's epic SourcePoint project