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<TD><PRE>Method 01
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! Y4 m% r- N- n6 I# P5 {+ pThis method of detection of SoftICE (as well as the following one) is
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It seeks the signature of BoundsChecker in SoftICE/ _/ p( W. @! o2 }5 @
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mov ebp, 04243484Bh ; 'BCHK'
% F0 C/ I1 H8 l mov ax, 04h) _6 L6 e0 f! u2 S! k9 J- ?5 c
int 3
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2 b; G. W4 b- r+ c+ m4 }& ] jnz SoftICE_Detected
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Method 02* V7 @ n) F9 v! L, d6 C
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Still a method very much used (perhaps the most frequent one). It is used- [: b4 p1 W V
to get SoftICE 'Back Door commands' which gives infos on Breakpoints,) \' R1 T. l" z# H4 s1 x
or execute SoftICE commands...
) {9 s/ _6 r( B( \4 C1 [It is also used to crash SoftICE and to force it to execute any commands
; B2 N* ?* `2 m$ o3 ^3 ?(HBOOT...) :-((
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Here is a quick description:
: M3 k1 J5 c! D5 | b- b-AX = 0910h (Display string in SIce windows)
8 M( M' N B% j4 H-AX = 0911h (Execute SIce commands -command is displayed is ds:dx); M k0 P" P+ n$ f) J( N# o g
-AX = 0912h (Get breakpoint infos)
j; ?% k m* h; v' d2 Y5 S9 Q' u-AX = 0913h (Set Sice breakpoints)! E0 k% U& b. A+ D. c* k
-AX = 0914h (Remove SIce breakoints)
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* A l& V8 Z q1 iEach time you'll meet this trick, you'll see:
1 c, D; L! f7 o- X A-SI = 4647h
* {6 q/ E$ a* p-DI = 4A4Dh9 I- R, y# v& S- R4 v- H
Which are the 'magic values' used by SoftIce.; x/ ^3 g- h0 a6 W. _( ]
For more informations, see "Ralf Brown Interrupt list" chapter int 03h.0 C' T- G% |& e
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Here is one example from the file "Haspinst.exe" which is the dongle HASP
4 B6 o! ?6 [0 e) sEnvelope utility use to protect DOS applications:
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, {; P5 i! g- x9 X: F; R. ^4C19:0095 MOV AX,0911 ; execute command.
( d, Y4 |( h! s k! g4C19:0098 MOV DX,[BX] ; ds:dx point to the command (see below).3 ^5 s, w) J& `8 ^; X
4C19:009A MOV SI,4647 ; 1st magic value.5 g* T P; |# y0 Z+ ]
4C19:009D MOV DI,4A4D ; 2nd magic value.
* v0 Q. M n( U4C19:00A0 INT 3 ; Int call.(if SIce is not loaded, jmp to 00AD*)
5 w9 m* b2 t* N3 B1 z' h4C19:00A1 ADD BX,02 ; BX+2 to point to next command to execute0 `" s5 @' ?( b' u' u, z7 u
4C19:00A4 INC CX! [+ w& p; A1 g: J* G2 ~
4C19:00A5 CMP CX,06 ; Repeat 6 times to execute
- N0 k: Y6 `( d# Q) X7 p G9 R% }4C19:00A8 JB 0095 ; 6 different commands.$ K6 A: x! Y8 z7 n z
4C19:00AA JMP 0002 ; Bad_Guy jmp back.% q( H1 I& [3 k6 K" ]2 {* f
4C19:00AD MOV BX,SP ; Good_Guy go ahead :)
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2 G( L) O# g4 B1 B: \' @% {The program will execute 6 different SIce commands located at ds:dx, which
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* the "jmp to 00ADh" is performed via an SEH if the debugger is not loaded.8 G3 S" }! a. F
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Method 03- I" s( ^" Q0 {2 f# e
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Less used method. It seeks the ID of SoftICE VxD via the int 2Fh/1684h! N7 U {7 b. \7 A+ g) x
(API Get entry point)( a" O5 k Y8 i! P$ P# F) c
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: N& I0 }% w( f2 }! q8 \9 y xor di,di
* A" v% R2 W- Z/ B3 \* G' [ mov es,di
' `; S4 |( n) [; M7 }. N& k5 M: h1 z mov ax, 1684h " i; d/ w% N6 {5 r
mov bx, 0202h ; VxD ID of winice6 R7 g7 _5 }+ ~6 ?6 W+ k+ y
int 2Fh
/ e3 P6 d3 G; b: u$ p: _ mov ax, es ; ES:DI -> VxD API entry point* k* X8 z1 r- N6 w2 {3 q
add ax, di* ]; q( B8 f, y; `; J8 D
test ax,ax
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Method 045 B5 `. y I3 u8 l
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* ^# _# K# L+ F, z/ RMethod identical to the preceding one except that it seeks the ID of SoftICE
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, k5 q5 A/ E* a4 T+ i7 o xor di,di
( @9 o: X5 _% z* P mov es,di
/ U" V1 h6 p* _2 g$ P3 b# l8 V mov ax, 1684h
1 k; |3 h9 n7 I3 P mov bx, 7a5Fh ; VxD ID of SIWVID% O/ g$ `* c5 `+ k; v! O. q
int 2fh
: x, J* l! Q- r. b* Y# U mov ax, es ; ES:DI -> VxD API entry point
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test ax,ax
* U( h( ? V5 t3 O- U jnz SoftICE_Detected
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Method 05
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6 L/ i) e$ a7 Y, V) AMethod seeking the 'magic number' 0F386h returned (in ax) by all system5 m$ Z3 G; [& ^7 o
debugger. It calls the int 41h, function 4Fh.
7 ]! Y/ G" f8 \; ]' vThere are several alternatives. 7 e9 ]2 N; o+ C& P( s( y# M4 [
5 X0 I- T2 W* ~1 ]( VThe following one is the simplest:
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1 G/ \. U' T" X/ _( M mov ax,4fh/ F% U8 f+ Y0 Z. ]8 x7 w% b. I
int 41h' M& X6 T1 l% T+ E; m! ]) h# G
cmp ax, 0F386, v/ P! B; {3 D
jz SoftICE_detected: }; v& j7 D' d* s$ n" z* {
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Next method as well as the following one are 2 examples from Stone's - Y& V5 b# ~4 P/ f2 _
"stn-wid.zip" (www.cracking.net):, Z, q' Q5 F; X$ T7 D) k+ |
2 P# m% H% U+ Y, d mov bx, cs
% J5 |, ]! ~/ _/ x# O% ?+ o lea dx, int41handler2, f, V: P8 H( I
xchg dx, es:[41h*4]7 Q* k f \$ x: v: x
xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]
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0 f3 n6 x. J9 g: U% X" F% R int 41h7 C( D0 K/ W4 S3 }$ f0 i. V9 O4 G: j
xchg dx, es:[41h*4]
/ i! v9 v" y2 ]5 Q' D xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]: u% q+ C" E/ z* Z. }& { F$ D) T7 }
cmp ax, 0f386h
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int41handler2 PROC# Z! }( R; q; j; W7 h
iret, R, N3 i! B8 p* H( ]
int41handler2 ENDP
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Method 06
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; @ ^5 f( v, g2nd method similar to the preceding one but more difficult to detect:6 j# L( x5 i8 e" {. L% w
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* e- [! E3 }5 R4 F5 F) \int41handler PROC& T& C: m* Y4 S* }. y+ q
mov cl,al* D6 k+ j+ j$ y7 q% c
iret) o" [' {+ q. h3 i% Y' S
int41handler ENDP
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xor ax,ax* c- x/ P# h2 o# C& K* Y# }6 ]
mov es,ax/ F, m+ q) H E% o5 P
mov bx, cs
0 f+ m" x4 z& _: V) P% G: J lea dx, int41handler
1 k6 |. f1 f: q/ T9 F xchg dx, es:[41h*4]
X: v, t9 i# @& b xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]# ]0 K1 G, G, H: S: b: R# |
in al, 40h
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int 41h
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xchg bx, es:[41h*4+2]2 o% J, P$ @/ z j0 m( \% F
cmp cl,al0 @ K; Q" \& p5 W3 u% Y
jnz SoftICE_detected
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Method of detection of the WinICE handler in the int68h (V86)( x% Q& G1 K0 J3 f1 x
& T2 T; N2 }4 h& k( b T) ] mov ah,43h; K- c) m: \! S7 y% s
int 68h/ a! L+ ~/ H" S6 j- t' [; f/ B
cmp ax,0F386h
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- B `5 k8 [$ D# B- Y=> it is not possible to set a BPINT 68 with softice but you can hook a 32Bit
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BPX exec_int if ax==68! A- B+ V# s6 x1 E8 z
(function called is located at byte ptr [ebp+1Dh] and client eip is) L6 z5 S6 ]% G, e) u" q
located at [ebp+48h] for 32Bit apps)5 U+ B6 @& `& M V
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Method 08; {# z, l; Y A/ \, j7 M
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6 {4 N( h- ]1 \% D# eIt is not a method of detection of SoftICE but a possibility to crash the
1 N' W9 h5 C. c- C9 ?. x1 |' c+ Usystem by intercepting int 01h and int 03h and redirecting them to another* S3 E- U! ?: g4 X# ^
routine.4 T1 u9 d" S2 q R. x
It calls int 21h functions 25h and 35h (set/get int vector) and ds:dx points
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. F5 w7 w3 M& t" S& [/ o mov ah, 25h
) L6 Q. N( ^. T4 ~* ], M mov al, Int_Number (01h or 03h)' ?9 }( T5 X, l, N U7 T
mov dx, offset New_Int_Routine3 ]% v* X' w. E6 x3 L
int 21h
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# U' w' t0 ?9 X" J- \4 MThis method is closed to methods 03 and 04 (int 2Fh/1684h) but it is only
; ~( V5 t' o M) D' N5 p/ `3 c9 Bperformed in ring0 (VxD or a ring3 app using the VxdCall).: Q+ f( C+ D+ D( a, g( X/ u* e
The Get_DDB service is used to determine whether or not a VxD is installed" W7 k. W ~7 V; E) i2 V9 j
for the specified device and returns a Device Description Block (in ecx) for
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* n7 \7 T4 n; G/ |/ Q9 F8 Y mov eax, Device_ID ; 202h for SICE or 7a5Fh for SIWVID VxD ID
' V, i& z2 L$ j1 { mov edi, Device_Name ; only used if no VxD ID (useless in our case ;-)
5 H$ r, ?9 _3 O& l% k VMMCall Get_DDB; R' Y; g, p) E7 T }
mov [DDB], ecx ; ecx=DDB or 0 if the VxD is not installed
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Note as well that you can easily detect this method with SoftICE:2 Z$ d6 J, h. L5 o
bpx Get_DDB if ax==0202 || ax==7a5fh
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=>Disable or clear breakpoints before using this feature. DO NOT trace with9 t! ~% ]. z/ N$ D) [
SoftICE while the option is enable!!
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This trick is very efficient:
% S- u: J! q* h4 n0 {" nby checking the Debug Registers, you can detect if SoftICE is loaded
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there are some memory breakpoints set (dr0 to dr3) simply by reading their
9 u; t1 w7 b2 _8 |value (in ring0 only). Values can be manipulated and or changed as well
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Method 11
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( _3 o1 _* Z' s4 f' |0 J( x7 lThis method is most known as 'MeltICE' because it has been freely distributed
2 Z& T* v8 k' Rvia www.winfiles.com. However it was first used by NuMega people to allow
# y+ }' V% C& ]9 N/ Z( xSymbol Loader to check if SoftICE was active or not (the code is located
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The way it works is very simple: x3 u/ A" q, `' U7 j! Y; h1 ?
It tries to open SoftICE drivers handles (SICE, SIWVID for Win9x, NTICE for- `8 e8 C% H) e8 P: }9 q
WinNT) with the CreateFileA API.
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Here is a sample (checking for 'SICE'):
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BOOL IsSoftIce95Loaded()
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hFile = CreateFile( "\\\\.\\SICE", GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,2 _1 M- ~$ ?8 @8 J7 G
FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
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& W; p) S3 p! ^) P CloseHandle(hFile);
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Although this trick calls the CreateFileA function, don't even expect to be
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In fact, after the call to CreateFileA it will get through VWIN32 0x001F
7 I( L) X/ J: }" G8 Y1 yservice _VWIN32_ReleaseWin32Mutex (via Kernel32!ORD_0001/VxDCall function)
0 E- D; O" c# q8 G& D6 h7 qand then browse the DDB list until it find the VxD and its DDB_Control_Proc
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In fact, its purpose is not to load/unload VxDs but only to send a % H( L" P) v6 c5 h
W32_DEVICEIOCONTROL (0x23) control message (DIOC_OPEN and DIOC_CLOSEHANDLE)4 H w N+ i( a% }. A) q
to the VxD Control_Dispatch proc (how the hell a shareware soft could try
3 i- D! {0 W9 }$ A4 Fto load/unload a non-dynamically loadable driver such as SoftICE ;-).
: G$ W+ ~- ^- e' c2 R+ F0 \If the VxD is loaded, it will always clear eax and the Carry flag to allow
: M" ~! W% Y- M) Z6 pits handle to be opened and then, will be detected.: \' V! n7 K4 A5 K* ^ e
You can check that simply by hooking Winice.exe control proc entry point& z$ p" t0 a% w3 U0 k6 M
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00401067: push 00402025 ; \\.\SICE; H* M2 T* x1 v
0040106C: call CreateFileA
6 U f5 [1 j' e- v, p2 ? 00401071: cmp eax,-001
( R) e; ^/ E7 v+ p7 K( ^, r5 ?1 X 00401074: je 004010916 d# Y7 C5 ?" E; `
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There could be hundreds of BPX you could use to detect this trick.
! G# M) s7 r0 P9 `) D W-The most classical one is:& ~3 t. c# F0 M" D0 `9 y. [
BPX CreateFileA if *(esp->4+4)=='SICE' || *(esp->4+4)=='SIWV' ||5 Y, w. m4 X4 [% J) X# |& e1 @( C2 E
*(esp->4+4)=='NTIC'- u& n1 q. `" D4 q1 c
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- \5 e- T6 y( @ BPINT 30 if eax==002A001F && (*edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV')
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BPINT 30 if (*edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV')7 u0 h+ K9 w) k' e
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BPX KERNEL32!ORD_0001 if *edi=='SICE' || *edi=='SIWV' 2 [3 K" r$ y" |: t* H5 | H
;will break 3 times :-(
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BPX VMM_GetDDBList if eax->3=='SICE' || eax->3=='SIWV'& ?- F( [3 l5 k! `" F3 m1 c2 _% o
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0 h6 s4 K7 H7 ]. k push 00 ; OF_READ, |1 U( R" l. O6 D( h! ?
mov eax,[00656634] ; '\\.\SICE',0/ E$ [! f8 b, n8 i. V
push eax
1 R* A2 a, S1 ? call KERNEL32!_lopen( @( E4 K. a& ~8 w# b$ {! d( ^
inc eax! ]( A1 _ s/ s. ~
jnz 00650589 ; detected; c( M" G1 C* ~0 g4 `) C* q' O* ^
push 00 ; OF_READ
8 n, D! S3 L2 r, o mov eax,[00656638] ; '\\.\SICE', R7 Z( `. F6 w! K4 J6 O
push eax- u$ c! k) L5 I/ ?) f2 w
call KERNEL32!_lopen& ~" L8 U; c$ \0 E( }5 W
inc eax
[" l2 p; f( I' s4 I jz 006505ae ; not detected
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8 E+ q* s, ^ x- @/ E$ HMethod 12
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! B3 J' n6 s; Q* n& mThis trick is similar to int41h/4fh Debugger installation check (code 053 @7 n+ A; k/ z) i
& 06) but very limited because it's only available for Win95/98 (not NT)
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push 0000004fh ; function 4fh+ Q8 @4 F& p% K: \
push 002a002ah ; high word specifies which VxD (VWIN32); H" D) {& o5 s' S1 v8 g7 K$ Q
; low word specifies which service
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call Kernel32!ORD_001 ; VxdCall' Y3 E& w2 b% J l1 j
cmp ax, 0f386h ; magic number returned by system debuggers
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Here again, several ways to detect it:! G; ]% p9 ~1 r
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BPINT 41 if ax==4f
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BPX Exec_PM_Int if eax==41 && edx->1c==4f && edx->10==002A002A
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Method 13
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Not a real method of detection, but a good way to know if SoftICE is4 {$ c* m1 i0 m3 d: R
installed on a computer and to locate its installation directory.7 f1 Q2 C p% |- h2 {+ o
It is used by few softs which access the following registry keys (usually #2) :
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-#3: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion- B, J( J4 e& ^* |
\App Paths\Loader32.Exe
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4 N3 q A5 E8 J2 ~Note that some nasty apps could then erase all files from SoftICE directory
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A call to VMM 'Test_Debug_Installed' service. As the name says, its purpose( M2 t: r r/ |
is to determines whether a debugger is running on your system (ring0 only).
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This service just checks a flag.
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