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PspSetContext Anti-Tracing Trick

May 9th, 2013
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  1. //When debuggers call ZwSetContextThread upon its debuggee, the "nt!PspSetContext" function is called, which
  2. //filters certain EFlags out of the _CONTEXT structure e.g. Alignment Check. This can be used as
  3. //an Anti-Tracing Trick (also Anti-Debug). Tested on Windows 7 SP1 (64-Bit).
  4. //Credit: @nickeverdox
  5. //Description: http://everdox.blogspot.com/2013/03/2-anti-tracing-mechanisms-specific-to.html
  6.  
  7. #include "stdafx.h"
  8. #include "windows.h"
  9. #include "stdio.h"
  10.  
  11. int main(int argc, char* argv[])
  12. {
  13.     unsigned long xXx = 1 << 18; //Alignment Check of EFlags
  14.     __asm
  15.     {
  16.         pushfd
  17.         mov ecx,xXx
  18.         or dword ptr[esp],ecx
  19.         popfd
  20.     }
  21.  
  22.     //if the flag is lost, then code is being traced
  23.     //printf("%s\r\n","Hope you are not tracing it?!!");
  24.     unsigned long EFlags = 0;
  25.     __asm
  26.     {
  27.         pushfd
  28.         pop ecx
  29.         mov EFlags,ecx
  30.     }
  31.  
  32.     if( (EFlags&xXx) == 0)  MessageBox(0,"Being traced!!!","waliedassar",0);
  33.     else    MessageBox(0,"Expected","waliedassar",0);
  34.     ExitProcess(0);
  35.     return 0;
  36. }
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