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<TD><PRE>Method 01
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7 ?4 {8 H2 |, i, |This method of detection of SoftICE (as well as the following one) is; z- H; q9 l/ |
used by the majority of packers/encryptors found on Internet.
$ r8 y" j0 A- m# JIt seeks the signature of BoundsChecker in SoftICE4 b: L* u8 t: M, \9 O
% d* Y; V& E: x6 Z/ n4 N! N2 | mov ebp, 04243484Bh ; 'BCHK'; c2 ?7 K# ~! T& O; c
mov ax, 04h9 X7 L* R2 k7 Y% |& L1 [- P
int 3 2 W2 q+ N( N( R2 x" y5 u
cmp al,4
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Method 02. u9 b$ Q$ w9 ?
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Still a method very much used (perhaps the most frequent one). It is used
. Z1 y& S( y: B1 Yto get SoftICE 'Back Door commands' which gives infos on Breakpoints,7 ^# Q+ ~$ N$ H1 f# ]
or execute SoftICE commands...
+ O5 |9 n$ i3 I) BIt is also used to crash SoftICE and to force it to execute any commands% e+ p( N) n( K6 s- n& Z9 g
(HBOOT...) :-(( 8 U: R8 z3 H! j) q1 W. Z5 q/ S
' D" r0 f4 p% a/ l6 H7 FHere is a quick description:
! S2 \/ q+ R8 t! l- t# ^& s/ J-AX = 0910h (Display string in SIce windows)$ l3 T1 ]4 Y$ R/ K* p2 S4 q
-AX = 0911h (Execute SIce commands -command is displayed is ds:dx): Y$ }% k" m. d
-AX = 0912h (Get breakpoint infos)
! w2 S% O2 m0 G" W-AX = 0913h (Set Sice breakpoints)9 P4 m( M5 v, t
-AX = 0914h (Remove SIce breakoints)7 g6 a: {" w/ a
" M5 r3 b y5 q7 c: \Each time you'll meet this trick, you'll see:+ v' @! T$ ]5 i ^
-SI = 4647h
6 M9 Y1 }/ A) r' o1 H! B-DI = 4A4Dh
0 ?9 @8 C" @5 G( QWhich are the 'magic values' used by SoftIce.
( R7 P+ s+ O: ]For more informations, see "Ralf Brown Interrupt list" chapter int 03h.
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Here is one example from the file "Haspinst.exe" which is the dongle HASP
& b0 j; c+ U2 {( i1 b; k9 zEnvelope utility use to protect DOS applications:
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. o1 ~" F/ J5 v, e% W9 A, l& g6 `# c4C19:0095 MOV AX,0911 ; execute command.7 P; A6 ~# F3 w3 t) d) l
4C19:0098 MOV DX,[BX] ; ds:dx point to the command (see below).
% \' k% @* S; P7 b; n" q4C19:009A MOV SI,4647 ; 1st magic value.7 \0 t1 H/ ?' G, r
4C19:009D MOV DI,4A4D ; 2nd magic value.
2 k3 Y3 |( P1 q- w q7 B, w& L X4C19:00A0 INT 3 ; Int call.(if SIce is not loaded, jmp to 00AD*)
! I1 _' d* [& h1 p. t q n4C19:00A1 ADD BX,02 ; BX+2 to point to next command to execute4 A* X( a+ {* W3 r" d$ A/ P
4C19:00A4 INC CX
9 s" B) N! g5 n2 ?2 b( r; f4C19:00A5 CMP CX,06 ; Repeat 6 times to execute
! |$ r2 M" d$ u3 g4C19:00A8 JB 0095 ; 6 different commands.
, X8 M9 j7 ^7 ^$ O S4C19:00AA JMP 0002 ; Bad_Guy jmp back.
1 Z# A0 e" S* H4C19:00AD MOV BX,SP ; Good_Guy go ahead :)
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; O; J; F8 s1 x7 p# n* B6 TThe program will execute 6 different SIce commands located at ds:dx, which
% J8 K6 F+ g; h$ N4 ^" h% [0 Sare: LDT, IDT, GDT, TSS, RS, and ...HBOOT.
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& y% K( O; M0 w( q* the "jmp to 00ADh" is performed via an SEH if the debugger is not loaded.
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Method 03
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Less used method. It seeks the ID of SoftICE VxD via the int 2Fh/1684h/ x# w( J* B( L5 u% f
(API Get entry point)
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xor di,di2 A8 a' W% u# r9 k7 k% @
mov es,di
- R6 n' j- u! D1 m# }- U mov ax, 1684h ) E- l: O a m
mov bx, 0202h ; VxD ID of winice
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mov ax, es ; ES:DI -> VxD API entry point2 ?. @, L9 ~7 k7 b
add ax, di8 F% P; R& i; ?; [/ L$ F: R' j
test ax,ax; n) A% b' E0 k8 D. _
jnz SoftICE_Detected1 v* ~7 t) ^. }, \
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Method 04+ _/ m8 E: k% z5 M4 U
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Method identical to the preceding one except that it seeks the ID of SoftICE
5 ~& C. B) c+ c# g2 e# RGFX VxD.
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xor di,di
. U6 e+ p' [, X9 i3 o6 K0 t mov es,di
& o+ ]: ?" l: b* J7 j" A G mov ax, 1684h
$ t( f& L/ L3 T6 |5 t/ h. i mov bx, 7a5Fh ; VxD ID of SIWVID0 f& v) Q0 [( L( X( Z9 c
int 2fh7 K- b; F: |# n
mov ax, es ; ES:DI -> VxD API entry point. Z$ w. s& J- e. ^0 A+ y, Z+ x" u" v: f
add ax, di
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Method 05
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& g! S* ^; y. H6 XMethod seeking the 'magic number' 0F386h returned (in ax) by all system. k" n" G+ [- K! T( U: ]
debugger. It calls the int 41h, function 4Fh.. L4 p1 j# `( @) @2 a ]- B! L. A
There are several alternatives.
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( n1 y, a+ @2 U0 U6 D" MThe following one is the simplest:
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mov ax,4fh" M0 V u. X+ E5 y9 {
int 41h
$ a% |" T4 @- u q E% ^8 z8 H cmp ax, 0F3865 K1 I" V/ l% U2 J5 d) ?$ q( [
jz SoftICE_detected
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Next method as well as the following one are 2 examples from Stone's
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A6 g8 Q+ K) e mov bx, cs
, U7 O" i, R# F0 }' ` lea dx, int41handler2
3 j5 L: L$ o, `: X& n/ B; v xchg dx, es:[41h*4]
% G6 f! w P) E* A xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]
+ l) {% B8 Q9 ^2 ? mov ax,4fh2 t$ m$ ]& B6 p5 M% A
int 41h+ l; M& z8 W( Z1 ]0 H9 U/ d; C9 p
xchg dx, es:[41h*4]0 k4 z [1 w; V, V7 {8 y
xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]
0 B3 B! j8 `' j) I2 Y) s cmp ax, 0f386h
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* x# o+ j9 H% G0 i8 ?int41handler2 PROC
! a, ~( p+ b# W, {9 W iret$ y/ {* v4 J7 B# w2 f
int41handler2 ENDP
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Method 06
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2nd method similar to the preceding one but more difficult to detect:; W; z `0 E9 H6 x- R# i5 k0 f
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Q3 u& U( V2 c" n% B. W E0 o- `int41handler PROC
+ B& T, Z. @1 P3 p4 D& h mov cl,al( w% `7 Z$ K% b+ k! K1 {8 i
iret
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( n/ ~6 p6 z" v xor ax,ax
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lea dx, int41handler: \# Y; Z4 E) u3 ~0 a0 A0 b
xchg dx, es:[41h*4]
% o- K. W+ B- p8 D# T xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]# X7 K3 U1 q" y4 W) r: A. ]% s
in al, 40h+ l' L {+ O, I' a% K: W2 N
xor cx,cx9 P2 ]7 J( j8 s
int 41h$ E4 ]5 o7 K( i! S; j+ i8 U
xchg dx, es:[41h*4]* R6 j, k7 D! j
xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]9 M4 z6 j% Q1 \
cmp cl,al
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Method 07
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Method of detection of the WinICE handler in the int68h (V86)* D0 l1 `- U( \4 A4 y
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mov ah,43h
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cmp ax,0F386h
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* _* v8 l! [$ g4 O6 j3 z- k=> it is not possible to set a BPINT 68 with softice but you can hook a 32Bit
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4 T8 m1 E) F! `6 ^0 ]/ x1 N BPX exec_int if ax==68) `" l2 W, Z% q* f9 k$ k+ ?
(function called is located at byte ptr [ebp+1Dh] and client eip is: [+ Q" R7 _3 @! e2 f
located at [ebp+48h] for 32Bit apps)
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Method 08
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( X5 V, M# z$ L% ^( z: W: PIt is not a method of detection of SoftICE but a possibility to crash the
4 _/ A' {2 Y: @0 R. z: H0 xsystem by intercepting int 01h and int 03h and redirecting them to another
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It calls int 21h functions 25h and 35h (set/get int vector) and ds:dx points+ K$ T5 z- i2 p$ D
to the new routine to execute (hangs computer...)$ A! c: R ?4 K6 V' Z
, P& F/ q1 l* g# P' s mov ah, 25h; `; j: C. d$ Q8 O- e
mov al, Int_Number (01h or 03h), ]7 M1 N5 k% h3 l# |% ~! V
mov dx, offset New_Int_Routine
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Method 09
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This method is closed to methods 03 and 04 (int 2Fh/1684h) but it is only
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The Get_DDB service is used to determine whether or not a VxD is installed) B! t" z. O, H! @; }* ]
for the specified device and returns a Device Description Block (in ecx) for
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mov eax, Device_ID ; 202h for SICE or 7a5Fh for SIWVID VxD ID6 T4 D7 r+ J( n
mov edi, Device_Name ; only used if no VxD ID (useless in our case ;-)/ o! d8 A6 Q. K& m. b: T( l
VMMCall Get_DDB; ^: r$ |# Q% ^$ h% | H
mov [DDB], ecx ; ecx=DDB or 0 if the VxD is not installed
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% k! n+ w: v1 Z# x3 pNote as well that you can easily detect this method with SoftICE:
3 t8 h4 P1 G1 k/ B0 G' n# b bpx Get_DDB if ax==0202 || ax==7a5fh: t6 @! e6 _' W0 o! n& ~0 v
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( w! v* H4 z4 h- n. A8 [" qMethod 10
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" V ^' e7 C S3 e% o7 _# y=>Disable or clear breakpoints before using this feature. DO NOT trace with; z) z4 ~8 W" B- l) r& J5 W( u
SoftICE while the option is enable!!
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This trick is very efficient:
/ l0 y* i( V: o$ c' G+ f- tby checking the Debug Registers, you can detect if SoftICE is loaded1 e: a; k+ s2 m6 |6 q
(dr7=0x700 if you loaded the soft with SoftICE loader, 0x400 otherwise) or if
2 X: s2 M0 g; a& S, K/ J' [there are some memory breakpoints set (dr0 to dr3) simply by reading their
9 V5 Q0 _. ]3 \, v1 Svalue (in ring0 only). Values can be manipulated and or changed as well
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This method is most known as 'MeltICE' because it has been freely distributed
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Symbol Loader to check if SoftICE was active or not (the code is located
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The way it works is very simple:+ j4 e, B# p# o7 i& o- M' j
It tries to open SoftICE drivers handles (SICE, SIWVID for Win9x, NTICE for4 `& V# `+ w8 z7 w. @3 T3 z
WinNT) with the CreateFileA API.
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Here is a sample (checking for 'SICE'):! U! J' O1 ?- d& T9 t
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BOOL IsSoftIce95Loaded()
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hFile = CreateFile( "\\\\.\\SICE", GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,& N& ^' }# k+ J5 R% `/ h
FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
1 k5 _8 P0 G8 v7 i- l# q' q NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
! e0 G; {0 [* q2 R3 ~: w* d6 y if( hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE )# b0 A; `3 R+ ^
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6 E- B/ F" p, X. o1 @ CloseHandle(hFile);
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return FALSE;
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Although this trick calls the CreateFileA function, don't even expect to be
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: P- V( K1 g# h, I% |3 HIn fact, after the call to CreateFileA it will get through VWIN32 0x001F
; D! j. V; W5 T# z, u* tservice _VWIN32_ReleaseWin32Mutex (via Kernel32!ORD_0001/VxDCall function)
: }% b$ Y8 ~: M' S% Wand then browse the DDB list until it find the VxD and its DDB_Control_Proc9 e- _, T" Y- F( y" q( E
field.
# I( C9 Z( U8 `3 b' hIn fact, its purpose is not to load/unload VxDs but only to send a
6 `: h7 z" d8 T7 w7 F9 s) e. a2 [W32_DEVICEIOCONTROL (0x23) control message (DIOC_OPEN and DIOC_CLOSEHANDLE)
7 [$ n) {9 s' h( @/ H" \% ]$ bto the VxD Control_Dispatch proc (how the hell a shareware soft could try8 L3 F# A4 K3 e. Z' p
to load/unload a non-dynamically loadable driver such as SoftICE ;-).+ Z* V$ j U W; U5 E/ O( D
If the VxD is loaded, it will always clear eax and the Carry flag to allow/ T! I: e+ R5 V/ d- j
its handle to be opened and then, will be detected.
% H$ M$ l/ j. \5 U: {: ^You can check that simply by hooking Winice.exe control proc entry point
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00401067: push 00402025 ; \\.\SICE
9 u2 Q- x, g* j' I+ y: } 0040106C: call CreateFileA
u: J4 E: P% s( M- J/ I' } Q 00401071: cmp eax,-001 x( t( I9 d5 g+ V2 w
00401074: je 00401091
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There could be hundreds of BPX you could use to detect this trick.
" \: T1 d; u/ l, o-The most classical one is:
8 S/ B1 y1 r D BPX CreateFileA if *(esp->4+4)=='SICE' || *(esp->4+4)=='SIWV' ||# @. t4 m4 P/ |& S; P& ]( h
*(esp->4+4)=='NTIC', | C: ^/ z' D
1 E5 N) w- E* T/ z2 n% V% t; j" ~# H-The most exotic ones (could be very slooooow :-(7 A3 \# M1 X5 b# c' q2 r
BPINT 30 if eax==002A001F && (*edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV') - s- w; @. A; n7 R0 x
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; {: `! u4 L6 h6 @-or (a bit) faster: ! M* r# k9 Q0 P- |% k7 k; H
BPINT 30 if (*edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV')1 Z( r8 O7 E' ~0 C
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BPX KERNEL32!ORD_0001 if *edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV'
9 b$ h) p M9 }; U ;will break 3 times :-(2 N9 x$ A% p* \0 l$ D% X
# F9 B, N+ Q S$ }" B-Much faster:& [7 Z8 L% T& f0 E. N' \
BPX VMM_GetDDBList if eax->3=='SICE' || eax->3=='SIWV'/ u. T7 P! s+ J2 K
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Note also that some programs (like AZPR3.00) use de old 16-bit _lopen
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3 Q8 X3 d+ J6 [. q mov eax,[00656634] ; '\\.\SICE',06 s0 U$ C+ G6 F6 h7 v0 w
push eax
6 }) Z' x4 K) q8 n call KERNEL32!_lopen
5 ?# R6 g: g& T! f. b inc eax! E% E' U$ v2 d
jnz 00650589 ; detected- n. [. C! n8 g$ U$ p6 Y
push 00 ; OF_READ7 m5 o9 r7 k l# h6 Y0 r( E: d
mov eax,[00656638] ; '\\.\SICE'
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call KERNEL32!_lopen
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8 r" G8 f! `/ w1 Z5 b5 j5 RThis trick is similar to int41h/4fh Debugger installation check (code 050 y$ k( c/ y* O: @: P& h4 k; `' |1 Q9 c+ K
& 06) but very limited because it's only available for Win95/98 (not NT)5 k: m9 k' K, W! }$ @' D. w( z
as it uses the VxDCall backdoor. This detection was found in Bleem Demo., f. Y! c D% c6 r! }8 _( S, C
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push 002a002ah ; high word specifies which VxD (VWIN32)* r2 o7 f9 O& K/ A! n1 H
; low word specifies which service
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cmp ax, 0f386h ; magic number returned by system debuggers
, a5 i& O+ ?+ g3 h jz SoftICE_detected* ~. D5 Q5 @9 g4 Q. c# \* Z$ j
* P: a( v6 U0 i; w: D, OHere again, several ways to detect it:
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BPINT 41 if ax==4f
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BPX Kernel32!ord_0001 if esp->4==002A002A && esp->8==4f ; slooooow!8 z6 ~* d4 e& v2 E0 ^
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Method 13
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Not a real method of detection, but a good way to know if SoftICE is1 Y- q3 u! M+ \" R7 T
installed on a computer and to locate its installation directory.
) d( Z* v- U7 w' FIt is used by few softs which access the following registry keys (usually #2) :
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-#1: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
$ \, X" E- ?9 s2 ?8 Y3 c( b\Uninstall\SoftICE
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-#3: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
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Useful breakpoint to detect it:
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Method 14
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This service just checks a flag.4 f$ N3 [" M) |5 J. b' @3 Y
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