[C++] Reading pointer from injected dll

[Rogier55]

Hey,

So I inject a DLL into a game and i try to read the pointers that i found with CE.

CE address:


Code that i tried to get the values with

HANDLE handle = GetModuleHandleA(0);
DWORD *baseAddress = (DWORD*)handle;
DWORD value = *(DWORD*)(*(DWORD*)baseAddress + 0xE750F4);

But this returns the wrong value

Any ideas?

[qqdev]

Try:
DWORD value = *((DWORD*)handle + 0xE750F4);

[Biesi]

^ this and are you sure that this one is static?

[mac'que]

Originally Posted by Rogier55

DWORD base = (DWORD)GetModuleHandleA(0);
DWORD val = *(DWORD*)(base + 0xE750F4);

^

[Jeoni]

Originally Posted by qqdev

Try:
DWORD value = *((DWORD*)handle + 0xE750F4);

This won't work due to pointer arithmetics.

Originally Posted by mac'que

DWORD base = (DWORD)GetModuleHandleA(0);
DWORD val = *(DWORD*)(base + 0xE750F4);

This won't work if you're working in a x64 application.
Why is every *** **** newbie (excuse that word, but it was my experience so far) so obsessed with using DWORD as pointer type? Even the winapi does have something like UINT_PTR. In my opinion it's just bad coding style and shows that the programmer didn't make his own basic thoughts and / or has no idea what he is doing and / or is just C&Ping.

With best regards
Jeoni

[_asm]

Originally Posted by Jeoni

This won't work due to pointer arithmetics.


This won't work if you're working in a x64 application.
Why is every *** **** newbie (excuse that word, but it was my experience so far) so obsessed with using DWORD as pointer type? Even the winapi does have something like UINT_PTR. In my opinion it's just bad coding style and shows that the programmer didn't make his own basic thoughts and / or has no idea what he is doing and / or is just C&Ping.

With best regards
Jeoni

^this
I agree with you and I assume these beginners simply watched some crappy YouTube tutorial and c&p the exact same code without understanding the concept behind it (which I noticed quite a lot, especially in this forum).
He should at least have used some C++ casting instead of c-casts for dereferencing like:

*reinterpret_cast< std::uintptr_t *>(0xDEADBEAF)

[qqdev]

Because it is all over the internet Better tell how to do it right and leave the other part out.