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Jun 10, 2026

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Windows Shellcode Entry Points

A survey of shellcode entry techniques on modern Windows x64.

Modern Windows x64 shellcode must navigate ASLR, DEP, CFG, and EDR userland hooks.

Direct Syscalls

Bypassing hooked ntdll stubs by invoking syscalls directly remains foundational. SSN resolution from clean ntdll copies is well-documented but implementation details matter.

Indirect Syscalls

Jump into a legitimate syscall; ret gadget inside ntdll to preserve return address chains expected by kernel callbacks.

Stack Alignment

On x64 Windows the stack must be 16-byte aligned before a call. Neglect this and chained API calls crash silently.