Enumerate Remote Process Modules via PEB - Delphi
Description
Notice: The target process must have the same architecture as the process attempting to read it remotely

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Jean-Pierre LESUEUR
uses
System.SysUtils, Winapi.Windows, Generics.Collections;
// ...
type
TProcessInformationClass = (
// ...
ProcessBasicInformation = 0
// ...
);
// ...
function NtQueryInformationProcess(
ProcessHandle : THandle;
ProcessInformationClass : TProcessInformationClass;
ProcessInformation : Pointer;
ProcessInformationLength : ULONG;
var ReturnLength : ULONG
) : NTSTATUS; stdcall; external 'NTDLL.DLL';
// ...
type
PPEB = Pointer;
_PROCESS_BASIC_INFORMATION = record
Reserved1 : PVOID;
PebBaseAddress : PPEB;
Reserved2 : array[0..1] of PVOID;
UniqueProcessId : ULONG_PTR;
Reserved3 : PVOID;
end;
TProcessBasicInformation = _PROCESS_BASIC_INFORMATION;
PProcessBasicInformation = ^TProcessBasicInformation;
_LDR_DATA_TABLE_ENTRY = record
InLoadOrderLinks : TListEntry;
InMemoryOrderLinks : TListEntry;
InInitializationOrderLinkes : TListEntry;
DllBase : PVOID;
EntryPoint : PVOID;
SizeOfImage : ULONG;
FullDllName : TUnicodeString;
BaseDllName : TUnicodeString;
end;
TLdrDataTableEntry = _LDR_DATA_TABLE_ENTRY;
PLdrDataTableEntry = ^TLdrDataTableEntry;
// ...
(* TModuleInformation *)
type
TModuleInformation = class
private
FImagePath : String;
FBaseAddress : NativeUInt;
FEntryPoint : NativeUInt;
FSizeOfImage : Cardinal;
public
{@C}
constructor Create(const AImagePath : String; const ABaseAddress, AEntryPoint: NativeUInt; const ASizeOfImage : Cardinal);
{@G}
property ImagePath : String read FImagePath;
property BaseAddress : NativeUInt read FBaseAddress;
property EntryPoint : NativeUInt read FEntryPoint;
property SizeOfImage : Cardinal read FSizeOfImage;
end;
// ...
constructor TModuleInformation.Create(const AImagePath : String; const ABaseAddress, AEntryPoint: NativeUInt; const ASizeOfImage : Cardinal);
begin
inherited Create();
///
FImagePath := AImagePath;
FBaseAddress := ABaseAddress;
FEntryPoint := AEntryPoint;
FSizeOfImage := ASizeOfImage;
end;
(* Local *)
function EnumerateProcessModules(const ATargetProcessId : Cardinal; var AList : TObjectList<TModuleInformation>) : Cardinal;
begin
result := 0;
///
if not Assigned(AList) then
AList := TObjectList<TModuleInformation>.Create(True)
else begin
AList.Clear();
///
if not AList.OwnsObjects then
AList.OwnsObjects := True;
end;
///
var hProcess := OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION or PROCESS_VM_READ, False, ATargetProcessId);
if hProcess = 0 then
raise EWindowsException.Create('OpenProcess');
try
var AProcessBasicInformation : TProcessBasicInformation;
var AReturnLength : Cardinal;
var ARet := NtQueryInformationProcess(
hProcess,
ProcessBasicInformation,
@AProcessBasicInformation,
SizeOf(TProcessBasicInformation),
AReturnLength
);
if ARet < 0 then
raise Exception.Create('Could not retrieve target process PEB address.');
///
var ppPEBLdrData := Pointer(NativeUInt(AProcessBasicInformation.PebBaseAddress) + {$IFDEF WIN64}$00000018{$ELSE}$0000000c{$ENDIF});
var pPEBLdrData : Pointer;
var ABytesRead : SIZE_T;
if not ReadProcessMemory(hProcess, ppPEBLdrData, @pPEBLdrData, SizeOf(Pointer), ABytesRead) then
raise EWindowsException.Create('ReadProcessMemory(1)');
var AEntry : TListEntry;
var pFirstEntryOffset := Pointer(NativeUInt(pPEBLdrData) + {$IFDEF WIN64}$00000010{$ELSE}$0000000c{$ENDIF});
if not ReadProcessMemory(hProcess, pFirstEntryOffset, @AEntry, SizeOf(TListEntry), ABytesRead) then
raise EWindowsException.Create('ReadProcessMemory(2)');
var pEntryOffset := AEntry.Flink;
var ADataTableEntry : TLdrDataTableEntry;
repeat
if not ReadProcessMemory(hProcess, pEntryOffset, @ADataTableEntry, SizeOf(TLdrDataTableEntry), ABytesRead) then
raise EWindowsException.Create(Format('ReadProcessMemory(3), Index: %d', [AList.Count]));
var pImageFileName : PWideChar;
var pImageFileNameSize := ADataTableEntry.FullDllName.Length * SizeOf(WideChar);
GetMem(pImageFileName, pImageFileNameSize);
try
if not ReadProcessMemory(hProcess, ADataTableEntry.FullDllName.Buffer, pImageFileName, pImageFileNameSize, ABytesRead) then
raise EWindowsException.Create(Format('ReadProcessMemory(4), Index: %d', [AList.Count]));
///
AList.Add(TModuleInformation.Create(
string(pImageFileName),
NativeUInt(ADataTableEntry.DllBase),
NativeUInt(ADataTableEntry.EntryPoint),
ADataTableEntry.SizeOfImage
));
finally
FreeMem(pImageFileName, pImageFileNameSize);
end;
///
pEntryOffset := ADataTableEntry.InLoadOrderLinks.Flink;
until pFirstEntryOffset = ADataTableEntry.InLoadOrderLinks.Flink;
finally
CloseHandle(hProcess);
end;
///
result := AList.Count;
end;
// ...
begin
try
var AList := TObjectList<TModuleInformation>.Create(True);
try
EnumerateProcessModules(<target_process_id>, AList);
///
for var AModuleEntry in AList do
WriteLn(Format('Base:[0x%p], EP:[0x%p], Size:[0x%p] -> %s', [
Pointer(AModuleEntry.BaseAddress),
Pointer(AModuleEntry.EntryPoint),
Pointer(AModuleEntry.SizeOfImage),
AModuleEntry.ImagePath
]));
finally
FreeAndNil(AList);
end;
// ...
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Depends On
Implemented By Technique
Featured Windows APIs
Created
June 2, 2025
Last Revised
June 2, 2025