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How to bypass crc32 checks?

 
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:32 am    Post subject: How to bypass crc32 checks? Reply with quote

Hello I'm trying to bypass some crc32 checks in a game (I know these kind of protections are widely used anyway) because the game checks if the memory has been modified using these...
I've seen some people already using a widely used method that consists of copying the memory page the crc32 function is checking somewhere else and redirecting the crc32 function that newly created memorypage...
This method is kinda big and I don't understand why it works and also why couldn't people just try to nop some instructions in these crc32 functions or disabling them somehow without this need of re-allocating a new memory page and redirecting the crc to it?

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I mean resuming isn't there a simpler method to bypass a crc32 check instead of creating a new page, copying memory to it, redirecting crc32 to that new page?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 1:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

you need to find all the routines that read the memory (more than one) and then change the functions to return the same value as if it was unchanged.

you can find the final function result and return that, or you can make a copy of the game memory and adjust the read pointer to the copy


finding those functions can be done by finding what accesses code addresses

and sometimes thise checks are so simple that a simple infinite loop is enough

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or you can use dbvm memory cloak on the regions you wish to edit. CE's autoassembler will know what to do in such a region (assuming you specified the virtual address)

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 1:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dark Byte wrote:
you need to find all the routines that read the memory (more than one) and then change the functions to return the same value as if it was unchanged.

you can find the final function result and return that, or you can make a copy of the game memory and adjust the read pointer to the copy


finding those functions can be done by finding what accesses code addresses

and sometimes thise checks are so simple that a simple infinite loop is enough

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or you can use dbvm memory cloak on the regions you wish to edit. CE's autoassembler will know what to do in such a region (assuming you specified the virtual address)

First of all thank you , always helpful!
If I put an infinite loop the game gets stuck because these are in the main thread of it, I don't think I can use dbvm memory cloak because these checks are in a region protected with SEC_NO_CHANGE ...
I've tried to look for the final result but the function is huge and it seems all obfuscated, but this might be the only valid one of your suggestions (I guess).
Well thank you, if you have other tips or anything to say it's well accepted or if anybody else has too!
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 1:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some common ways to deal with this:

1. Patch the CRC function to compare against the same data rather than the modified memory area.
2. Patch the CRC function to just not fail.
3. Patch the CRC function to skip the entire check and always return the correct value.

These methods really depend on how the check function is written. It will determine what method you can actually use if one of those patches are viable.

Other methods would include:

1. Copy the original memory into a new block and redirect the scan to that. (As you mentioned in your post.)
2. Patch the code to read from the original file on disk if it is comparing the raw data.
3. Block access to the memory region, assuming the CRC function will not error if it does not have permission/access.

In some cases, you may need to go to a lower level of alterations, such as with some anti-cheats you will be forced to hook Nt functions and alter how they return data. You can bypass some hash checks like this easily by altering memory page status', blocking access, faking return values when reading from the target memory areas and so on.

For example, bypassing something like GameGuard's CRC checks can be done very easily doing 2 NT function hooks and faking the returns.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 2:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

atom0s wrote:
Some common ways to deal with this:

1. Patch the CRC function to compare against the same data rather than the modified memory area.
2. Patch the CRC function to just not fail.
3. Patch the CRC function to skip the entire check and always return the correct value.

These methods really depend on how the check function is written. It will determine what method you can actually use if one of those patches are viable.

Other methods would include:

1. Copy the original memory into a new block and redirect the scan to that. (As you mentioned in your post.)
2. Patch the code to read from the original file on disk if it is comparing the raw data.
3. Block access to the memory region, assuming the CRC function will not error if it does not have permission/access.

In some cases, you may need to go to a lower level of alterations, such as with some anti-cheats you will be forced to hook Nt functions and alter how they return data. You can bypass some hash checks like this easily by altering memory page status', blocking access, faking return values when reading from the target memory areas and so on.

For example, bypassing something like GameGuard's CRC checks can be done very easily doing 2 NT function hooks and faking the returns.

ok thank you a lot for the reply, btw I'm looking for a way that should be less detectable like VEH hooking I'm trying (in another thread, hopefully if you can reply it would be awesome ty)
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 7:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

dbvm memory cloak doesn't touch page protection
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 12:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Viloresi wrote:

ok thank you a lot for the reply, btw I'm looking for a way that should be less detectable like VEH hooking I'm trying (in another thread, hopefully if you can reply it would be awesome ty)


Detection all depends on the target. Methods that work for 1 app/anti-cheat may not work for another due to different levels of detections and blocks. Stuff that works for GameGuard doesn't work for Xigncode for example.

Preventing detection comes down to the target and what your intentions are. In some cases, you don't need to do anything special because of what the goal is as not every part of an anti-cheat requires special stuff to get around detections of what is being done. Xigncode has a few 'flaws' with this kind of stuff for example, where you can edit memory under certain conditions and not trigger any of their detections.

CRC check bypasses is going to pretty much guarantee you will be editing something to some degree since you either need to fake the data or alter the function in some manner. Remaining undetected will be based on which approach you take, and what level of anti-cheat you are dealing with. User-mode anti-cheats are easily bypassed, where as lower level ones that use a driver will require more work in some cases.

It's hard to discuss this kind of topic here since we don't allow in depth discussions if you mention the target. If you can give more info on what the target is doing to detect you without mentioning what the target is, then we can still discuss this further.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 5:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you both for the replies, I've resolved my issue there were hooks all arounds and not crc check has I thought , if you check my other thread about VEH that was the key to victory! I'm gonna celebrate now Embarassed Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 9:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

atom0s wrote:
Some common ways to deal with this:

1. Patch the CRC function to compare against the same data rather than the modified memory area.
2. Patch the CRC function to just not fail.
3. Patch the CRC function to skip the entire check and always return the correct value.


Gonna try this out , thank you!
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