#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <ftw.h>
#include <pwd.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <mach/mach.h>
#include <mach/mach_vm.h>
#define MAX_KEYS 256
#define KEY_SIZE 32
#define SALT_SIZE 16
#define HEX_PATTERN_LEN 96
#define CHUNK_SIZE (2 * 1024 * 1024)
typedef struct {
char key_hex[65];
char salt_hex[33];
char full_pragma[100];
} key_entry_t;
static int read_db_salt(const char *path, char *salt_hex_out);
#define MAX_DBS 256
static char g_db_salts[MAX_DBS][33];
static char g_db_names[MAX_DBS][256];
static int g_db_count = 0;
static int nftw_collect_db(const char *fpath, const struct stat *sb,
int typeflag, struct FTW *ftwbuf) {
(void)sb; (void)ftwbuf;
if (typeflag != FTW_F) return 0;
size_t len = strlen(fpath);
if (len < 3 || strcmp(fpath + len - 3, ".db") != 0) return 0;
if (g_db_count >= MAX_DBS) return 0;
char salt[33];
if (read_db_salt(fpath, salt) != 0) return 0;
strcpy(g_db_salts[g_db_count], salt);
const char *rel = strstr(fpath, "db_storage/");
if (rel) rel += strlen("db_storage/");
else {
rel = strrchr(fpath, '/');
rel = rel ? rel + 1 : fpath;
}
strncpy(g_db_names[g_db_count], rel, 255);
g_db_names[g_db_count][255] = '\0';
printf(" %s: salt=%s\n", g_db_names[g_db_count], salt);
g_db_count++;
return 0;
}
static int is_hex_char(unsigned char c) {
return (c >= '0' && c <= '9') || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F');
}
static pid_t find_wechat_pid(void) {
FILE *fp = popen("pgrep -x WeChat", "r");
if (!fp) return -1;
char buf[64];
pid_t pid = -1;
if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp))
pid = atoi(buf);
pclose(fp);
return pid;
}
static int read_db_salt(const char *path, char *salt_hex_out) {
FILE *f = fopen(path, "rb");
if (!f) return -1;
unsigned char header[16];
if (fread(header, 1, 16, f) != 16) { fclose(f); return -1; }
fclose(f);
if (memcmp(header, "SQLite format 3", 15) == 0) return -1;
for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++)
sprintf(salt_hex_out + i * 2, "%02x", header[i]);
salt_hex_out[32] = '\0';
return 0;
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
pid_t pid;
if (argc >= 2)
pid = atoi(argv[1]);
else
pid = find_wechat_pid();
if (pid <= 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "WeChat not running or invalid PID\n");
return 1;
}
printf("============================================================\n");
printf(" macOS WeChat Memory Key Scanner (C version)\n");
printf("============================================================\n");
printf("WeChat PID: %d\n", pid);
mach_port_t task;
kern_return_t kr = task_for_pid(mach_task_self(), pid, &task);
if (kr != KERN_SUCCESS) {
fprintf(stderr, "task_for_pid failed: %d\n", kr);
fprintf(stderr, "Make sure: (1) running as root, (2) WeChat is ad-hoc signed\n");
return 1;
}
printf("Got task port: %u\n", task);
const char *home = getenv("HOME");
const char *sudo_user = getenv("SUDO_USER");
if (sudo_user) {
struct passwd *pw = getpwnam(sudo_user);
if (pw && pw->pw_dir)
home = pw->pw_dir;
}
if (!home) home = "/root";
printf("User home: %s\n", home);
printf("\nScanning for DB files...\n");
char db_base_dir[512];
snprintf(db_base_dir, sizeof(db_base_dir),
"%s/Library/Containers/com.tencent.xinWeChat/Data/Documents/xwechat_files",
home);
DIR *xdir = opendir(db_base_dir);
if (xdir) {
struct dirent *ent;
while ((ent = readdir(xdir)) != NULL) {
if (ent->d_name[0] == '.') continue;
char storage_path[768];
snprintf(storage_path, sizeof(storage_path),
"%s/%s/db_storage", db_base_dir, ent->d_name);
struct stat st;
if (stat(storage_path, &st) == 0 && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
nftw(storage_path, nftw_collect_db, 20, FTW_PHYS);
}
}
closedir(xdir);
}
printf("Found %d encrypted DBs\n", g_db_count);
printf("\nScanning memory for keys...\n");
key_entry_t keys[MAX_KEYS];
int key_count = 0;
size_t total_scanned = 0;
int region_count = 0;
mach_vm_address_t addr = 0;
while (1) {
mach_vm_size_t size = 0;
vm_region_basic_info_data_64_t info;
mach_msg_type_number_t info_count = VM_REGION_BASIC_INFO_COUNT_64;
mach_port_t obj_name;
kr = mach_vm_region(task, &addr, &size, VM_REGION_BASIC_INFO_64,
(vm_region_info_t)&info, &info_count, &obj_name);
if (kr != KERN_SUCCESS) break;
if (size == 0) { addr++; continue; }
if ((info.protection & (VM_PROT_READ | VM_PROT_WRITE)) ==
(VM_PROT_READ | VM_PROT_WRITE)) {
region_count++;
mach_vm_address_t ca = addr;
while (ca < addr + size) {
mach_vm_size_t cs = addr + size - ca;
if (cs > CHUNK_SIZE) cs = CHUNK_SIZE;
vm_offset_t data;
mach_msg_type_number_t dc;
kr = mach_vm_read(task, ca, cs, &data, &dc);
if (kr == KERN_SUCCESS) {
unsigned char *buf = (unsigned char *)data;
total_scanned += dc;
for (size_t i = 0; i + HEX_PATTERN_LEN + 3 < dc; i++) {
if (buf[i] == 'x' && buf[i + 1] == '\'') {
int valid = 1;
for (int j = 0; j < HEX_PATTERN_LEN; j++) {
if (!is_hex_char(buf[i + 2 + j])) { valid = 0; break; }
}
if (!valid) continue;
if (buf[i + 2 + HEX_PATTERN_LEN] != '\'') continue;
char key_hex[65], salt_hex[33];
memcpy(key_hex, buf + i + 2, 64);
key_hex[64] = '\0';
memcpy(salt_hex, buf + i + 2 + 64, 32);
salt_hex[32] = '\0';
for (int j = 0; key_hex[j]; j++)
if (key_hex[j] >= 'A' && key_hex[j] <= 'F')
key_hex[j] += 32;
for (int j = 0; salt_hex[j]; j++)
if (salt_hex[j] >= 'A' && salt_hex[j] <= 'F')
salt_hex[j] += 32;
int dup = 0;
for (int k = 0; k < key_count; k++) {
if (strcmp(keys[k].key_hex, key_hex) == 0 &&
strcmp(keys[k].salt_hex, salt_hex) == 0) {
dup = 1; break;
}
}
if (dup) continue;
if (key_count < MAX_KEYS) {
strcpy(keys[key_count].key_hex, key_hex);
strcpy(keys[key_count].salt_hex, salt_hex);
snprintf(keys[key_count].full_pragma, sizeof(keys[key_count].full_pragma),
"x'%s%s'", key_hex, salt_hex);
key_count++;
}
}
}
mach_vm_deallocate(mach_task_self(), data, dc);
}
if (cs > HEX_PATTERN_LEN + 3)
ca += cs - (HEX_PATTERN_LEN + 3);
else
ca += cs;
}
}
addr += size;
}
printf("\nScan complete: %zuMB scanned, %d regions, %d unique keys\n",
total_scanned / 1024 / 1024, region_count, key_count);
printf("\n%-25s %-66s %s\n", "Database", "Key", "Salt");
printf("%-25s %-66s %s\n",
"-------------------------",
"------------------------------------------------------------------",
"--------------------------------");
int matched = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < key_count; i++) {
const char *db = NULL;
for (int j = 0; j < g_db_count; j++) {
if (strcmp(keys[i].salt_hex, g_db_salts[j]) == 0) {
db = g_db_names[j];
matched++;
break;
}
}
printf("%-25s %-66s %s\n",
db ? db : "(unknown)",
keys[i].key_hex,
keys[i].salt_hex);
}
printf("\nMatched %d/%d keys to known DBs\n", matched, key_count);
const char *out_path = "all_keys.json";
FILE *fp = fopen(out_path, "w");
if (fp) {
fprintf(fp, "{\n");
int first = 1;
for (int i = 0; i < key_count; i++) {
const char *db = NULL;
for (int j = 0; j < g_db_count; j++) {
if (strcmp(keys[i].salt_hex, g_db_salts[j]) == 0) {
db = g_db_names[j];
break;
}
}
if (!db) continue;
fprintf(fp, "%s \"%s\": {\"enc_key\": \"%s\"}",
first ? "" : ",\n", db, keys[i].key_hex);
first = 0;
}
fprintf(fp, "\n}\n");
fclose(fp);
printf("Saved to %s\n", out_path);
}
return 0;
}