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# Converting your GO bins to Shellcode and Using them in C\#

With release of Go1.15 a new "buildmode" flag has been released. **-buildmode=pie** 

Lets do a simple demo of converting a go binary to shellcode and injecting it to other processes 

### Building Go Binary 

I am going to build a simple golang program which launches calc 

{% code title="calc.go" %}

```go
package main

import(
    "fmt"
    "os/exec"
)

func main(){    
    c := exec.Command("calc.exe")

    if err := c.Run(); err != nil { 
        fmt.Println("Error: ", err)
    }   
}
```

{% endcode %}

Now lets build the program. I am using Windows 10 amd64 machine. You may need to specify other parameters if you are cross compiling 

```bash
go build -buildmode=pie -o calc.exe calc.go
```

The command will generate a static binary **calc.exe.** 

### **Converting Binary to Shellcode**

Here we will use TheWover's [*Donut* ](https://github.com/TheWover/donut)to convert the calc.exe to shellcode. The command is quite simple 

```bash
donut.exe calc.exe -o calc.bin
```

### Using DonutTest 

[DonutTest ](https://github.com/TheWover/donut/tree/master/DonutTest)is a subproject of Donut repo. DonutTest provides a test harness to test your generated Shellcode.

To use our calc.bin inside donut test we need to convert it into base64 

```
[Convert]::ToBase64String([IO.File]::ReadAllBytes("./calc.bin")) | clip
```

Now paste the shellcode in DonutTest  and compile. Your program should run as expected and you should see a calc pop

```
DonutTest.exe <pid> 
```

### **Credits:**

<https://twitter.com/rkervell>