CreateFile```c HANDLE CreateFile( LPCTSTR lpFileName, DWORD dwDesiredAccess, DWORD dwShareMode, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpSecurityAttributes, DWORD dwCreationDisposition, DWORD dwFlagsAndAttributes, HANDLE hTemplateFile ); // Opens an existing file or creates a new file.
[ReadFile](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-readfile)```c
BOOL ReadFile(
HANDLE hFile,
LPVOID lpBuffer,
DWORD nNumberOfBytesToRead,
LPDWORD lpNumberOfBytesRead,
LPOVERLAPPED lpOverlapped
); // Reads data from the specified file.
WriteFile```c BOOL WriteFile( HANDLE hFile, LPCVOID lpBuffer, DWORD nNumberOfBytesToWrite, LPDWORD lpNumberOfBytesWritten, LPOVERLAPPED lpOverlapped ); // Writes data to the specified file.
[CloseHandle](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/handleapi/nf-handleapi-closehandle)```c
BOOL CloseHandle(
HANDLE hObject
); // Closes an open handle.
OpenProcess```c HANDLE OpenProcess( [in] DWORD dwDesiredAccess, [in] BOOL bInheritHandle, [in] DWORD dwProcessId ); // Opens an existing local process object. e.g., try to open target process
```c
hProc = OpenProcess( PROCESS_CREATE_THREAD | PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION | PROCESS_VM_OPERATION | PROCESS_VM_READ | PROCESS_VM_WRITE, FALSE, (DWORD) pid);
CreateProcess```c HANDLE CreateProcess( LPCTSTR lpApplicationName, LPTSTR lpCommandLine, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpProcessAttributes, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpThreadAttributes, BOOL bInheritHandles, DWORD dwCreationFlags, LPVOID lpEnvironment, LPCTSTR lpCurrentDirectory, LPSTARTUPINFO lpStartupInfo, LPPROCESS_INFORMATION lpProcessInformation ); // The CreateProcess function creates a new process that runs independently of the creating process. For simplicity, this relationship is called a parent-child relationship.
```c
// Start the child process
// No module name (use command line), Command line, Process handle not inheritable, Thread handle not inheritable, Set handle inheritance to FALSE, No creation flags, Use parent's environment block, Use parent's starting directory, Pointer to STARTUPINFO structure, Pointer to PROCESS_INFORMATION structure
CreateProcess( NULL, argv[1], NULL, NULL, FALSE, 0, NULL, NULL, &si, &pi);
WinExec```c UINT WinExec( [in] LPCSTR lpCmdLine, [in] UINT uCmdShow ); // Runs the specified application.
```c
result = WinExec(L"C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe", SW_SHOWNORMAL);
TerminateProcess```c BOOL TerminateProcess( HANDLE hProcess, UINT uExitCode ); // Terminates the specified process.
[ExitWindowsEx](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winuser/nf-winuser-exitwindowsex)```c
BOOL ExitWindowsEx(
[in] UINT uFlags,
[in] DWORD dwReason
); // Logs off the interactive user, shuts down the system, or shuts down and restarts the system.
bResult = ExitWindowsEx(EWX_REBOOT, SHTDN_REASON_MAJOR_APPLICATION);
CreateToolhelp32Snapshot```c HANDLE CreateToolhelp32Snapshot( [in] DWORD dwFlags, [in] DWORD th32ProcessID ); // used to obtain information about processes and threads running on a Windows system.
[Process32First](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/tlhelp32/nf-tlhelp32-process32first)```c
BOOL Process32First(
[in] HANDLE hSnapshot,
[in, out] LPPROCESSENTRY32 lppe
); // used to retrieve information about the first process encountered in a system snapshot, which is typically taken using the CreateToolhelp32Snapshot function.
Process32Next```c BOOL Process32Next( [in] HANDLE hSnapshot, [out] LPPROCESSENTRY32 lppe ); // used to retrieve information about the next process in a system snapshot after Process32First has been called. This function is typically used in a loop to enumerate all processes captured in a snapshot taken using the CreateToolhelp32Snapshot function.
[WriteProcessMemory](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/memoryapi/nf-memoryapi-writeprocessmemory)```c
BOOL WriteProcessMemory(
[in] HANDLE hProcess,
[in] LPVOID lpBaseAddress,
[in] LPCVOID lpBuffer,
[in] SIZE_T nSize,
[out] SIZE_T *lpNumberOfBytesWritten
); // Writes data to an area of memory in a specified process. The entire area to be written to must be accessible or the operation fails.
WriteProcessMemory(hProc, pRemoteCode, (PVOID)payload, (SIZE_T)payload_len, (SIZE_T *)NULL); // pRemoteCode from VirtualAllocEx
ReadProcessMemory```c BOOL ReadProcessMemory( [in] HANDLE hProcess, [in] LPCVOID lpBaseAddress, [out] LPVOID lpBuffer, [in] SIZE_T nSize, [out] SIZE_T *lpNumberOfBytesRead ); // ReadProcessMemory copies the data in the specified address range from the address space of the specified process into the specified buffer of the current process.
```c
bResult = ReadProcessMemory(pHandle, (void*)baseAddress, &address, sizeof(address), 0);
VirtualAlloc```c
LPVOID VirtualAlloc(
LPVOID lpAddress,
SIZE_T dwSize, // Shellcode must be between 0x1 and 0x10000 bytes (page size)
DWORD flAllocationType, // #define MEM_COMMIT 0x00001000
DWORD flProtect // #define PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE 0x00000040
); // Reserves, commits, or changes the state of a region of memory within the virtual address space of the calling process.
[VirtualAllocEx](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/memoryapi/nf-memoryapi-virtualallocex)```c
LPVOID VirtualAllocEx(
[in] HANDLE hProcess,
[in, optional] LPVOID lpAddress,