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Hey, looking for feedback on my guard page implementation. I wasn't sure on how to structure the additional windows specific memory flags, since the emulation backends won't like additional guard flag. I opted to create a new `memory_permission_ext` enum to hold the guard flag, and a `nt_memory_permission` struct to wrap the "common" memory permission flags, with the new extended flags. This struct implicitly coerces to the original `memory_permission` to reduce the amount of changes for the PR. This however meant that I changed signatures of `map_memory` and `apply_memory_protection` in `memory_interface` to accommodate this new structure, and was an afterthought. The `map_nt_to_emulator_protection` function might also need some attention now, too. For future reference, windows uses [MiMakeProtectionMask](https://doxygen.reactos.org/d1/d9a/marea_8c.html#adfb66408771a4df77c1056cc2a99ef21) in ntoskrnl to map `PAGE_*` flags to [MM PTE constants](https://reactos.org/wiki/Techwiki:Memory_management_in_the_Windows_XP_kernel). The test added to the `test-sample` binary seems to be passing. Fixes #21
Sogen
Sogen is a high-performance Windows user space emulator that operates at syscall level, providing full control over process execution through comprehensive hooking capabilities.
Perfect for security research, malware analysis, and DRM research where fine-grained control over process execution is required.
Built in C++ and powered by the Unicorn Engine (or the icicle-emu 🆕).
Try it out: sogen.dev
Key Features
- 🔄 Syscall-Level Emulation
- Instead of reimplementing Windows APIs, the emulator operates at the syscall level, allowing it to leverage existing system DLLs
- 📝 Advanced Memory Management
- Supports Windows-specific memory types including reserved, committed, built on top of Unicorn's memory management
- 📦 Complete PE Loading
- Handles executable and DLL loading with proper memory mapping, relocations, and TLS
- ⚡ Exception Handling
- Implements Windows structured exception handling (SEH) with proper exception dispatcher and unwinding support
- 🧵 Threading Support
- Provides a scheduled (round-robin) threading model
- 💾 State Management
- Supports both full state serialization and
fast in-memory snapshots(currently broken 😕)
- Supports both full state serialization and
- 💻 Debugging Interface
- Implements GDB serial protocol for integration with common debugging tools (IDA Pro, GDB, LLDB, VS Code, ...)
Note
The project is still in a very early, prototypical state. The code still needs a lot of cleanup and many features and syscalls need to be implemented. However, constant progress is being made :)
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Quick Start (Windows + Visual Studio)
Tip
Checkout the Wiki for more details on how to build & run the emulator on Windows, Linux, macOS, ...
1. Checkout the code:
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/momo5502/sogen.git
2. Run the following command in an x64 Development Command Prompt in the cloned directory:
cmake --preset=vs2022
3. Build the solution that was generated at build/vs2022/emulator.sln
4. Create a registry dump by running the grab-registry.bat as administrator and place it in the artifacts folder next to the analyzer.exe
5. Run the program of your choice:
analyzer.exe C:\example.exe