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Method for injecting code into another process

Patent 6698016 Issued on February 24, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject August 29, 2020. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Assignee

Application

No. 09/649798 filed on 08/29/2000

US Classes:

717/162, Linking717/131Including analysis of program execution

Examiners

Primary: Zhen, Wei

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

G06F 9/44 (20060101)

Abstract

A method to map an external module into a target process in an operating system that keeps executable code in a memory location that can be determined. The starting memory address of the target process is retrieved and the target process is loaded as suspended. The target process' starting instructions are saved and instructions that load the external module are inserted at the starting memory address. The target process resumes execution resulting in the external module getting loaded. The target process' starting instructions are restored and the target process resumes execution, but with the external module mapped into the target process' memory.

Other References

  • Morell et al. Pertubation Analysis of Computer Programs. IEEE. 1997. pp. 77-87.
  • Ghosh et al. An Automated Approach for Identifying Potential Vulnerabilities in Software. 1998. pp. 104-114.
  • Matt Pietrek, "Peering Inside the PE: A Tour of the Win32 Portable Executable File Format", Microsoft Systems Journal, vol. 9, No. 3, p. 1534, Mar. 1994
  • Jeffrey Richter, "Programmable Applications for Microsoft Windows, Fourth Edition", Microsoft Press, p. 794, Sep. 29, 1999
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