14: Hints for Patching EXEs with Ollydbg
Making Python Run on Windows
To make Python run from any directory, open an Administrator Command Prompt and execute these commands:
cd c:\Windows
mklink /H python.exe c:\python27\python.exe
Hint 1: Patch Better
Don't settle for the patched file from the instructions. Modify it more so you don't even have to guess the launch code at all.
Hint 2: Automatic Patching with Python
Suppose I have a file containing eight bytes like this:
And I want to change one byte to 10 like this:
This Python script does that job:
Here's how to run it:
Hint 3: Automating Execution with Python
Here's a Python script that runs the command line command whoami and appends the output to a file named "out.txt".
Hint 4: Processing All Files in a Directory
Here's a Python script that prints all the filenames in a directory.
Modified 7-12-17 6:36 am Mklink added 10-19-21