To compile a Windows executable with version information and an icon on Kali, we use MinGW again.

The version information and icon (demo.ico) we want to use are defined in a resource file (demo.rc):

#include "winver.h" #define IDI_ICON1 101 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // Version // #define VER_FILEVERSION 0,0,0,1 #define VER_FILEVERSION_STR "0.0.0.1\0" #define VER_PRODUCTVERSION 0,0,0,1 #define VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR "0.0.0.1\0" #ifndef DEBUG #define VER_DEBUG 0 #else #define VER_DEBUG VS_FF_DEBUG #endif VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO FILEVERSION VER_FILEVERSION PRODUCTVERSION VER_PRODUCTVERSION FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK FILEFLAGS VER_DEBUG FILEOS VOS__WINDOWS32 FILETYPE VFT_APP FILESUBTYPE VFT2_UNKNOWN BEGIN BLOCK "StringFileInfo" BEGIN BLOCK "040904E4" BEGIN VALUE "CompanyName", "example.com" VALUE "FileDescription", "demo" VALUE "FileVersion", VER_FILEVERSION_STR VALUE "InternalName", "demo.exe" VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Public domain" VALUE "OriginalFilename", "demo.exe" VALUE "ProductName", "demo" VALUE "ProductVersion", VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR END END BLOCK "VarFileInfo" BEGIN VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1252 END END ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // Icon // // Icon with lowest ID value placed first to ensure application icon // remains consistent on all systems. IDI_ICON1 ICON "demo.ico" /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

More info on the VERSIONINFO resource can be found here.
We use the resource compiler windres, and then the gcc compiler.

Compile for 64-bit:

x86_64-w64-mingw32-windres demo.rc demo-resource-x64.o x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -o demo-x64.exe demo-resource-x64.o demo.c

Compile for 32-bit:

i686-w64-mingw32-windres demo.rc demo-resource-x86.o i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -o demo-x86.exe demo-resource-x86.o demo.c

 

DemoResource_V_0_0_0_1.zip (https)
MD5: 9104DDC70264A9C2397258F292CC8FE4
SHA256: 722B3B52BAE6C675852A4AC728C08DBEEF4EC9C96F81229EF36E30FB54DC49DE

Quickpost info

MinGW is not only available on Kali, of course, but also on Windows. Compiling a DLL is very similar.

MinGW is installed in folder C:\msys64 on my machine.

 

To compile 64-bit executables, you need to start the 64-bit shell first: launch C:\msys64\mingw64.exe

Then you can compile the DLL:

gcc -shared -o DemoDll-x64.dll DemoDll.cpp

For 32-bit executables, it’s the 32-bit shell: launch C:\msys64\mingw32.exe

Then you can compile the DLL:

gcc -shared -o DemoDll-x86.dll DemoDll.cpp

 

It’s also possible to start the shell and compile from a BAT file:

call C:\msys64\msys2_shell.cmd -mingw64 -here -c "gcc -shared -o DemoDll-x64.dll DemoDll.cpp" call C:\msys64\msys2_shell.cmd -mingw32 -here -c "gcc -shared -o DemoDll-x86.dll DemoDll.cpp"

 

 

Quickpost info