To Shellcode: Convert Exe

The classic shellcode_exec from Metasploit's windows/exec is a hand-crafted PE-to-shellcode conversion, but for real tools, manual is rarely used today.

Most compiled EXEs use absolute memory addresses that break if the code is moved. convert exe to shellcode

Use dumpbin or a PE viewer (e.g., CFF Explorer) to examine your EXE: but for real tools

You can test it using a simple loader written in C: convert exe to shellcode

int main() unsigned char shellcode[] = /* paste shellcode here */ ;

Available on GitHub - TheWover/donut and as a Kali Linux package .