memscan

Feature-rich C99 library for memory scanning purposes, designed for Windows running machines, meant to work on both 32-bit and 64-bit portable executables.

memscan has a modern C++ wrapper which abstracts the C contents in an user-friendly way. To look at the C example, press here, and, for the C++ example, press here.

✔ Features

• 🚶 Follow system

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  It is an internal concept which is exposed to every of the following memscan features.

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  • It expects a base address, bounds and a find sequence.
  • Find sequences can be made of:
    • A bytecode-style string:
      • Example: "AA BB CC DD EE FF"
        • This is converted back to a byte array with a size at run-time.
    • OR, byte array and it's size
      • Example: {0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC, 0xDD, 0xEE, 0xFF}, 6
    • And, universally:
      • N-th match:
        • Sequences may repeat within the specified range, so you can choose which match you want to select,
        • Matches start at 0, implying the first match.
      • Direction:
        • You can go either backwards, or forwards, within the specified bounds, starting from the base address.
  • Invalid inputs will be reflected in the return with the status variable. This carries to the user-level return.

• 🔎 Multi-paradigm pattern-scanning

  • It expects bounds, a pattern sequence and, optionally, a find sequence.
  • Pattern sequences can be made of:
    • A bytecode-style string:
      • Example: "AA BB CC DD EE FF"
    • OR, a byte array and it's size
      • Example: {0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC, 0xDD, 0xEE, 0xFF}, 6
    • Both of the aforementioned can contain a preset symbol to signal that a mismatch at said position is allowed. It is set here.
    • And, universally:
      • N-th match:
        • Sequences may repeat within the specified range, so you can choose which match you want to select,
        • Matches start at 0, implying the first match.
  • Refer to Follow system to see find sequences.
  • Every combination of the aforementioned is possible in the user-level API.
  • The result of this process carries an address depending on the success of the process and a status. For documentation on the status, refer to this file.

• ❌ Cross-reference resolver

  • It expects bounds, either a base address or content, prompt to whether there should be an endianness swap, N-th match, based on which method you choose and, optionally, a find sequence.
  • Refer to Follow system to see find sequences.
  • Can resolve references from a given input, or, resolve references at the address where they're represented:
    • An example for resolving references from a given input is inputting the following: 0xAABBCCDD.
      • We assume this is a pointer which we can resolve. When represented in memory, it'll have it's endianness swapped, so it'll look like 0xDDCCBBAA, therefore, we will ask for an endianness swap,
      • Then, for some reason, want to find the first instance where the contents at the pointer is referenced, so, we will input 0 for the N-th match.
    • We can also input the address where a pointer is referenced by choosing the right method:
      • If the contents at our address look like this sequence: 8B 4D ? ? ? ?:
        • We'll have to add '2' to the address (to skip over the 8B 4D bytes),
        • Then, we'll have to prompt an endianness swap,
        • Then, for some reason, want to find the first instance where the contents at the address' pointer is referenced so, we will input 0 for the N-th match.
  • Refer to Follow system to see find sequences.
  • The result of this process carries an address depending on the success of the process and a status. For documentation on the status, refer to this file.

• 🗒️ String resolver

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  This component was built off the cross-reference resolver system.

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  • It expects bounds, a (compile-time) string, it's size, N-th match and, optionally, a find sequence.
  • Refer to Follow system to see find sequences.
  • The result of this process carries an address depending on the success of the process and a status. For documentation on the status, refer to this file.
    • If the process was succesful, the address will be a pointer to the N-th match of the string.

• 🤷 Scalable

  • This project is designed to operate under any reasonable circumstance. This can be used alongside DLL-injection, or on copied memory buffers.

📚 Internal documentation

• The user-level API has up-to-date, Doxygen-compliant documentation, which, in most IDEs, should be displayed on hover.
• There's also implementation documentation which you can see here.

📈 Progression

• To do:
  • ⚔️ C++ wrapper
  • 🦾 CMake package
  • 🧪 Standard tests
  • 🤝 Multi-platform support

⚖️ License

I couldn't care less.