Questions tagged [executable]
A file that can be processed (executed) by the CPU of the machine through the operating system accordingly to the instructions that it contains.
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Get the jar from exe4j executable
I've read this question and it is not a duplicate to mine. I have a .exe file which has different contents inside when opened with 7zip. However let's say I know that it uses EXE4J, how can I ...
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Why are these strings padded every other byte?
I've seen this multiple times, through various apps and snooping of hex values. Character strings but every other value is actually a null byte. This particular example is with API Monitor, but I'm ...
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Is there a way to access the background calculation & data in a .exe coded in fortran 30+ years ago?
The company I work for has an ancient (circa 1989-1992) program coded in Fortran that is used for sizing and selecting some of our products. We are going through a modernization project with the goal ...
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reverse engineer a 32bit windows executable for a password that unlocks secret message
I need to find a password to access the secret:
❯ strings -n 10 win32.exe
!Tip: Ida Free can decompile to c++!
.rdata$voltmd
.rdata$zzzdbg
Bad password length!
Wrong password!
Congratulations! The ...
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How can I extract *.c file hidden in an executable file (SkiFree)
I am a person interested of old games (MS DOS and 16 bit Windows only) and programming. In 2020, I saw an article about hacking SkiFree somewhere on the internet and soon as I followed the ...
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Adding debug symbols with GDB
In CTFs when I'm given some ELF file, it usually wasn't compiled with the -g flag. Is there a way to to somehow edit the file to make it be as if the ELF file was originally compiled with the -g flag?
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Log functions called in IDA Pro?
When I run an exe in IDA how could I log which functions were called into a text file?
log.txt:
call func1
call func2
call func1
call func1
Not worried about indirect calls.
This is for differential ...
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Finding older IDA files
I am following the Begin RE tutorial here but I am stuck towards the end, where I load a file into IDA. I am using IDA Free 8.2 on Windows 11 x64.
On the graph view it is only showing the main ...
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Can #if DEBUG in C# become true in the released binary?
I have something like this in my code that checks for user's license:
// C# code:
#if DEBUG
MakeLicenseValidForever();
#else
CheckLicense();
#endif
Now, I need to know if these directives ...
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How do I create a native app with Visual Studio 2022?
A few years ago, I built a Windows Native Application using the Build.exe command of the DDK.
The following site gives a better idea for W7 of what I had done:
https://prog.world/windows-native-...
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Reversing Executable Package
I have an .exe file that loads some other files when executed, I need to redirect these files and export them. When debugging I know that there is a subfolder /images/%s.png where the files in ...
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Capstone Disassembler to Extract OpCode from Malware and Benign Executables in C++
The project that I am trying to develop has as a vital component, specifically a machine learning based malware detection system. The way in which I decided to teach the detection system in order to ...
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How to locate executable section
How to locate executable section in PE file?
Is there any of typical way to locate executable section in any PE file?
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Program doesn't load a custom .dll from main directory. How can i inject a .dll BEFORE the executable starts?
I want to use DXVK in GTA 5 on Windows 11.
Using the needed .dlls (d3d11.dll and dxgi.dll) and launching the game comes with this error
Using Process Explorer (while the error message is displayed) ...
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How do I get all sections in a PE file using C++?
So I am wondering how can I get all sections and their info from a dumped PE file on the disk, using C++.
I have the entire PE loaded on a buffer, the NT headers, and hopefully the DOS headers.
I need ...
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