pydbg_client.py

#!c:\python\python.exe

#
# PyDBG
# Copyright (C) 2006 Pedram Amini <pedram.amini@gmail.com>
#
# $Id: pydbg_client.py 194 2007-04-05 15:31:53Z cameron $
#

'''
@author:       Pedram Amini
@contact:      pedram.amini@gmail.com
@organization: www.openrce.org
'''

import socket
try:
	import cPickle
except ImportError:
	import pickle as cPickle

from .pydbg   import *
from .defines import *
from .pdx     import *

class pydbg_client:
    '''
    This class defines the client portion of the decoupled client/server PyDBG debugger. The class was designed to be
    completely transparent to the end user, requiring only the simple change from::

        dbg = pydbg()

    to::

        dbg = pydbg_client(host, port)

    Command line options can be used to control which instantiation is used thereby allowing for any PyDBG driver to be
    used locally or remotely.
    '''

    host      = None
    port      = None
    callbacks = {}
    pydbg     = None

    ####################################################################################################################
    def __init__ (self, host, port):
        '''
        Set the default client attributes. The target host and port are required.

        @type  host: String
        @param host: Host address of PyDBG server (dotted quad IP address or hostname)
        @type  port: Integer
        @param port: Port that the PyDBG server is listening on.

        @raise pdx: An exception is raised if a connection to the PyDbg server can not be established.
        '''

        self.host      = host
        self.port      = port
        self.pydbg     = pydbg()
        self.callbacks = {}

        try:
            self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
            self.sock.connect((host, port))
        except:
            raise pdx("connection severed")


    ####################################################################################################################
    def __getattr__ (self, method_name):
        '''
        This routine is called by default when a requested attribute (or method) is accessed that has no definition.
        Unfortunately __getattr__ only passes the requested method name and not the arguments. So we extend the
        functionality with a little lambda magic to the routine method_missing(). Which is actually how Ruby handles
        missing methods by default ... with arguments. Now we are just as cool as Ruby.

        @type  method_name: String
        @param method_name: The name of the requested and undefined attribute (or method in our case).

        @rtype:  Lambda
        @return: Lambda magic passing control (and in turn the arguments we want) to self.method_missing().
        '''

        return lambda *args, **kwargs: self.method_missing(method_name, *args, **kwargs)


    ####################################################################################################################
    def debug_event_loop (self):
        '''
        Overriden debug event handling loop. A transparent mirror here with method_missing() would not do. Our debug
        event loop is reduced here to a data marshaling loop with the server. If the received type from the server is a
        tuple then we assume a debug or exception event has occured and pass it to any registered callbacks. The
        callback is free to call arbitrary PyDbg routines. Upon return of the callback, a special token, **DONE**, is
        used to flag to the PyDbg server that we are done processing the exception and it is free to move on.
        '''

        self.pickle_send(("debug_event_loop", ()))

        while 1:
            received = self.pickle_recv()

            if not received:
                continue

            # if we received a "special" type, which can currently be one of:
            #   - debugger callback event
            #   - user callback event
            #   - raised exception

            if type(received) == tuple:
                #### callback type.
                if received[0] == "callback":
                    (msg_type, dbg, context) = received

                    ## debugger callback event.
                    if dbg and context:
                        # propogate the convenience variables.
                        self.dbg               = dbg
                        self.context           = context
                        self.exception_address = dbg.u.Exception.ExceptionRecord.ExceptionAddress
                        self.write_violation   = dbg.u.Exception.ExceptionRecord.ExceptionInformation[0]
                        self.violation_address = dbg.u.Exception.ExceptionRecord.ExceptionInformation[1]
                        
                        exception_code = dbg.u.Exception.ExceptionRecord.ExceptionCode
                        ret            = DBG_CONTINUE
    
                        if self.callbacks.has_key(exception_code):
                            print("processing handler for %08x" % exception_code)
                            ret = self.callbacks[exception_code](self)
                    
                    ## user callback event.
                    else:
                        if self.callbacks.has_key(USER_CALLBACK_DEBUG_EVENT):                  
                            ret = self.callbacks[USER_CALLBACK_DEBUG_EVENT](self)
                
                #### raised exception type.
                elif received[0] == "exception":
                    (msg_type, exception_string) = received
                    print(exception_string)
                    raise pdx(exception_string)
                    
                self.pickle_send(("**DONE**", ret))


    ####################################################################################################################
    def method_missing (self, method_name, *args, **kwargs):
        '''
        See the notes for __getattr__ for related notes. This method is called, in the Ruby fashion, with the method
        name and arguments for any requested but undefined class method. We utilize this method to transparently wrap
        requested PyDBG routines, transmit the method name and arguments to the server, then grab and return the methods
        return value. This transparency allows us to modify pydbg.py freely without having to add support for newly
        created methods to pydbg_client.py. Methods that require "special" attention and can not simply be mirrored are
        individually overridden and handled separately.

        @type  method_name: String
        @param method_name: The name of the requested and undefined attribute (or method in our case).
        @type  *args:       Tuple
        @param *args:       Tuple of arguments.
        @type  **kwargs     Dictionary
        @param **kwargs:    Dictioanry of arguments.

        @rtype:  Mixed
        @return: Return value of the mirrored method.
        '''

        # some functions shouldn't go over the network.
        # XXX - there may be more routines we have to add to this list.
        if method_name in ("hex_dump", "flip_endian", "flip_endian_dword"):
            exec("method_pointer = self.pydbg.%s" % method_name)
            ret = method_pointer(*args, **kwargs)
        else:
            self.pickle_send((method_name, (args, kwargs)))
            ret = self.pickle_recv()

        if ret == "**SELF**":
            return self
        else:
            return ret


    ####################################################################################################################
    def pickle_recv (self):
        '''
        This routine is used for marshaling arbitrary data from the PyDbg server. We can send pretty much anything here.
        For example a tuple containing integers, strings, arbitrary objects and structures. Our "protocol" is a simple
        length-value protocol where each datagram is prefixed by a 4-byte length of the data to be received.

        @raise pdx: An exception is raised if the connection was severed.
        @rtype:     Mixed
        @return:    Whatever is received over the socket.
        '''

        try:
            length   = long(self.sock.recv(4), 16)
            received = self.sock.recv(length)
        except:
            raise pdx("connection severed")
        
        return cPickle.loads(received)


    ####################################################################################################################
    def pickle_send (self, data):
        '''
        This routine is used for marshaling arbitrary data to the PyDbg server. We can send pretty much anything here.
        For example a tuple containing integers, strings, arbitrary objects and structures. Our "protocol" is a simple
        length-value protocol where each datagram is prefixed by a 4-byte length of the data to be received.

        @type  data: Mixed
        @param data: Data to marshal and transmit. Data can *pretty much* contain anything you throw at it.

        @raise pdx: An exception is raised if the connection was severed.
        '''

        data = cPickle.dumps(data)

        try:
            self.sock.send("%04x" % len(data))
            self.sock.send(data)
        except:
            raise pdx("connection severed")


    ####################################################################################################################
    def run (self):
        '''
        Alias for debug_event_loop().

        @see: debug_event_loop()
        '''

        self.debug_event_loop()


    ####################################################################################################################
    def set_callback (self, exception_code, callback_func):
        '''
        Overriden callback setting routing. A transparent mirror here with method_missing() would not do. We save the
        requested callback address / exception code pair and then tell the PyDbg server about it. For more information
        see the documentation of pydbg.set_callback().

        @type  exception_code: Long
        @param exception_code: Exception code to establish a callback for
        @type  callback_func:  Function
        @param callback_func:  Function to call when specified exception code is caught.
        '''

        self.callbacks[exception_code] = callback_func

        self.pickle_send(("set_callback", exception_code))
        
        return self.pickle_recv()