They are many security tools that inject DLL into processes running on a Windows system. The classic examples are anti-virus products. They like to inject plenty of code that, combined with API hooking, implements security checks. If DLLs are injected into processes, they can be detected and it's a common anti-debugging or evasion technique implemented by many malware samples. If you're interested in such techniques, they are covered in the FOR610[1] training. The detection relies on a specific API call GetModuleFileName()[2]. The function expects the following parameters: A handle (pointer) to a process and the name of the DLL to check. Malware samples list all running processes, get a handle on them, and search for interesting DLL names. To get the handle, the OpenProcess()[3] API call must use the following access flag (0x0410 - PROCESS_VM_READ|PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION).

Today, I found a Python script that implemented this technique. Note that the script just borrows and obfuscates a snippet of code available on github.com[4] for a while. The list of DLLs is a bit outdated but remains valid.

import win32api
import win32process
LRazMCgmBIhqNsJ= []
wqeltyA = ["sbiedll.dll","api_log.dll","dir_watch.dll","pstorec.dll","vmcheck.dll","wpespy.dll"]
eDbscqrrt= win32process.EnumProcesses()
for mbPLkF in eDbscqrrt:
    try:
        mhEIFoBo = win32api.OpenProcess(0x0410, 0, mbPLkF)
        try:
            JoKxLLHnpg= win32process.EnumProcessModules(mhEIFoBo)
            for qGvSyMSQH in JoKxLLHnpg:
                XFUQQonQDUFW= str(win32process.GetModuleFileNameEx(mhEIFoBo, qGvSyMSQH)).lower()
                for yeksLrlmxhewfzF in wqeltyA:
                    if yeksLrlmxhewfzF in XFUQQonQDUFW:
                        if XFUQQonQDUFW not in LRazMCgmBIhqNsJ:
                            LRazMCgmBIhqNsJ.append(XFUQQonQDUFW)
        finally:
            win32api.CloseHandle(mbPLkF)
    except:
        pass
if not LRazMCgmBIhqNsJ:

If the array LRazMCgmBIhqNsJ is still empty, no suspicious (from a malware point of view) DLL has been found and the execution continues...

The sample received a nice VT score of 4/59 (SHA256:b78a5b2b36639edfd622d4a7f7c00fd78ba3d9c8437df104b286642507c12334)[5]. Another good example of Python integration with the Windows API!

[1] http://for610.com
[2] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/libloaderapi/nf-libloaderapi-getmodulefilenamea
[3] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/processthreadsapi/nf-processthreadsapi-openprocess
[4] https://github.com/Arvanaghi/CheckPlease/blob/master/Python/check_all_DLL_names.py
[5] https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/b78a5b2b36639edfd622d4a7f7c00fd78ba3d9c8437df104b286642507c12334/detection

Xavier Mertens (@xme)
Senior ISC Handler - Freelance Cyber Security Consultant
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