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Inside Flame: You Say Shell32, I Say MSSECMGR

Uncover the findings of the CrySyS report on Flame, focusing on its unique code injection techniques and implications.

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Inside Flame: You Say Shell32, I Say MSSECMGR

The injection context is a defined structure that contains all the information the loader stub may need including API addresses or names, DLL names, and files—in fact, the overall idea reminded me of Didier Stevens’ approach to generating shellcodes directly from a C compiler[3] Injection Context: Blob + 0x710

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Shell32.dll: A matter of VAD

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