CobaltStrike是一款内网渗透的商业远控软件,支持自定义脚本扩展,功能非常强大。前段时间Github上有好心人放出了CobaltStrike3.12的试用版,接着Lz1y很快就放出了破解版,加上热心老哥提供了的xor64.bin(试用版中没有这个文件),一个比较完美的最新可用版本诞生了。下面我们看下最新试用版是如何被完美破解的。
CobaltStrike(下面简称CS)主体代码是用Java开发的,逆起来比较友好。用jd-gui反编译cobaltstrike.jar文件,可以看到代码几乎没有做防破解。Java源码没有任何混淆。但是查看反编译的源码时,很多地方出现了// INTERNAL ERROR //
,这里我推荐一款Java反编译工具luyten
,几乎可以100%反编译获得cobaltstrike.jar源码。
CS的License处理逻辑在common/License.java
文件中:
package common;import aggressor.*;import javax.swing.*;import java.awt.*;public class License{
private static long life;
private static long today;
private static long start;
private static long difference;
private static long getTimeSinceStart() {
final Prefs options = Prefs.getPreferences();
License.today = System.currentTimeMillis();
License.start = options.getLongNumber("cobaltstrike.start.int", 0L);
if (License.start == 0L) {
options.set("cobaltstrike.start.int", License.today + "");
options.save();
License.start = License.today;
}
return License.difference = (License.today - License.start) / 86400000L;
}
public static void checkLicenseGUI(final Authorization auth) {
getTimeSinceStart();
if (License.difference > License.life || License.today - License.start < 0L) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Your Cobalt Strike trial is now expired.\nPlease purchase a license and use the\nsoftware update feature to continue.\n\nFor details, visit:\nhttps://www.cobaltstrike.com/", null, 0);
System.exit(0);
}
else {
final long left = License.life - License.difference;
String form = left + " day";
if (left != 1L) {
form += "s";
}
CommonUtils.print_warn("This is a trial version of Cobalt Strike. You have " + form + " left of your trial. If you purchased Cobalt Strike. Run the Update program and enter your license.");
CommonUtils.print_trial("WARNING! This trial is *built* to get caught by standard defenses. The licensed product does not have these restrictions. See: http://blog.cobaltstrike.com/2015/10/14/the-cobalt-strike-trials-evil-bit/");
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "This is a trial version of Cobalt Strike.\nYou have " + form + " left of your trial.\n\nIf you purchased Cobalt Strike. Run the\nUpdate program and enter your license.", null, 1);
}
}
public static boolean isTrial() {
return true;
}
public static void checkLicenseConsole(final Authorization auth) {
getTimeSinceStart();
if (License.difference > License.life || License.today - License.start < 0L) {
CommonUtils.print_error("Your Cobalt Strike trial is now expired. Please purchase a license and use the software update feature to continue. For details, visit: https://www.cobaltstrike.com/");
System.exit(0);
}
else {
final long left = License.life - License.difference;
String form = left + " day";
if (left != 1L) {
form += "s";
}
CommonUtils.print_warn("This is a trial version of Cobalt Strike. You have " + form + " left of your trial. If you purchased Cobalt Strike. Run the Update program and enter your license.");
CommonUtils.print_trial("WARNING! This trial is *built* to get caught by standard defenses. The licensed product does not have these restrictions. See: http://blog.cobaltstrike.com/2015/10/14/the-cobalt-strike-trials-evil-bit/");
}
}
static {
License.life = 21L;
License.today = 0L;
License.start = 0L;
License.difference = 0L;
}}
代码逻辑很清晰,这里我们有两个方向进行patch:
修改License.life
无限延长试用
修改isTrial()
返回值,伪造成正式版
因为CS很多地方的试用版和正式版处理逻辑不同,所以修改了isTrial()
返回值之后,我们还需要修改所有调用了isTrial()
函数的地方,对代码进行调整。另外试用版CS留了一些特征指纹和限制,我们也需要去除相应的特征代码。
既然知道了破解思路,我们看下如何动手操作去修改源码并重编译。Java编程中我们可以使用jar
工具将一系列的.class文件打包成jar包,供其他java程序使用。我们也可以修改jar包中.class文件的内容,并重新编译打包。比如修改demo.jar中的example.class并重新编译的过程如下:
1. 使用jd-gui、luyten等工具把demo.jar包中的class反编译成源码,从中提取得到example.java
2. 执行 jar xvf demo.jar 解压demo.jar得到jar包的子文件(注意会解压到当前目录),将example.java文件放置到与example.class文件同一目录
3. 执行 javac -cp a.jar;b.jar;c.jar example.java 重新编译(或者javac -cp demo.jar example.java ),得到新的example.class文件。其中a.jar、b.jar、c.jar是依赖包,一般直接依赖一个原始解压的demo.jar包即可。
4. 确保编译后的example.class替换了原来的example.class文件(可以通过jd-gui反编译查看)
5. 执行 jar -uvf demo.jar com/some/path/example.class 更新demo.jar包
更新jar包中的class文件时,新的class文件目录路径需要与原package路径保持一致。比如修改了aggressor.AggressorClient.java
并重新编译之后,更新jar包的命令如下:
17:16 KINGX modified_java_files >jar -uvf cobaltstrike-with-xor64.jar aggressor/AggressorClient*.class
正在添加: aggressor/AggressorClient$1.class(输入 = 650) (输出 = 403)(压缩了 38%)
正在添加: aggressor/AggressorClient$2.class(输入 = 1263) (输出 = 704)(压缩了 44%)
正在添加: aggressor/AggressorClient.class(输入 = 11115) (输出 = 5196)(压缩了 53%)
修改后的java文件在重新编译为class文件时,可能会遇到很多奇怪的报错。有时候是因为反编译出的源码存在错误导致的,这个时候我们可以将luyten、jad、jd-gui等反编译工具结合使用,尽量还原成正确的源码,再重新编译。 比如:AggressorClient.java,jad aggressor/AggressorClient*.class
和luyten
反编译得到的源码是不一样的。
Tips: 以下代码片段中行首的 - 代表删除,+ 代表新增
修改common.License,去掉checkLicenseGUI()、checkLicenseConsole()函数体,修改isTrial()返回值false
aggressor.AggressorClient,修改getTitle()函数
一个teamserver默认只能监听一个listener,可以通过修改代码去除限制。
aggressor.dialogs.ListenerDialog,去除以下代码:
...else if (Listener.isEgressBeacon(payload) && DataUtils.isBeaconDefined(this.datal) && !name.equals(DataUtils.getEgressBeaconListener(this.datal))) {
DialogUtils.showError("You may only define one egress Beacon per team server.\nThere are a few things I need to sort before you can\nput multiple Beacon HTTP/DNS listeners on one server.\nSpin up a new team server and add your listener there.");}...
试用版有几个地方存在EICAR特征字符:X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
,都需要进行清理:
修改pad()函数:
- result.append("5O!P%@AP[4\\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*\u0000");+ result.append("123\u0000");
- $eicar = 'X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*'+ $eicar = ''
- c2profile.addCommand(".http-get.server", "!header", "X-Malware: X5O!P%@AP[4\\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*");- c2profile.addCommand(".http-post.server", "!header", "X-Malware: X5O!P%@AP[4\\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*");- c2profile.addCommand(".http-stager.server", "!header", "X-Malware: X5O!P%@AP[4\\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*");- c2profile.addCommand(".stage.transform-x86", "append", "X5O!P%@AP[4\\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*");- c2profile.addCommand(".stage.transform-x64", "append", "X5O!P%@AP[4\\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*");
因为已经修改了License.isTrial()返回值为false,所以下面这段改不改也没什么影响。
if (License.isTrial()) {
packer.addString("X5O!P%@AP[4\\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*");
CommonUtils.print_trial("Added EICAR string to " + s);}
生成payload时,会调用common.ArtifactUtils中的XorEncode()进行编码:
public static byte[] _XorEncode(final byte[] data, final String arch) {
AssertUtils.TestArch(arch);
if ("x86".equals(arch)) {
final byte[] decoder = XorStub();
final byte[] payload = XorEncoder.encode(data);
return CommonUtils.join(decoder, payload);
}
if ("x64".equals(arch)) {
final byte[] decoder = CommonUtils.readResource("resources/xor64.bin");
final byte[] payload = XorEncoder.encode(data);
return CommonUtils.join(decoder, payload);
}
return new byte[0];}public static byte[] XorEncode(final byte[] data, final String arch) {
if (License.isTrial()) {
CommonUtils.print_trial("Disabled " + arch + " payload stage encoding.");
return data;
}
AssertUtils.Test(data.length > 16384, "XorEncode used on a stager (or some other small thing)");
return _XorEncode(data, arch);}
试用版不会进行payload stage encoding
,所以试用版软件包中并没有带xor.bin/xor64.bin文件,如果有这两个文件的话,可以添加到resources/xor.bin
、resources/xor64.bin
路径下。Github上有热心老哥提供了xor64的生成脚本:https://github.com/verctor/CS\_xor64
源码逐个修改完,重新编译更新到cobaltstrike.jar包中,再拷贝替换掉原版的jar包就OK了。
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