This is the updated PE file manipulation library, taken from RetDec
The original project by Sebastian Porst was further modified by Avast Software to:
- Modify directory structure, i.e. split sources and headers.
- Fix bugs.
- Handle corrupted and exotic PE files.
- Parse additional structures:
- COFF symbol table.
- Delay import directory.
- Rich header.
- Security directory.
A single target named pelib
is exposed. It can be used as follows:
target_link_libraries(project-that-needs-pelib pelib)
- A compiler supporting C++17
- On Windows, only Microsoft Visual C++ is supported (Visual Studio 2019 or older).
- CMake (version >= 3.6)
- Clone the repository or download the sources into a directory named
pelib
.git clone https://github.com/iArtorias/pelib-updated.git
- Linux:
cd pelib-updated
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make
- Windows:
- Open
pelib.sln
in Visual Studio 2019 and build the library or follow the instructions below - Open a command prompt (e.g.
cmd.exe
) cd pelib-updated
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -G<generator>
cmake --build . --config Release -- -m
- Alternatively, you can open
pelib.sln
generated bycmake
.
- Open
You must pass the following parameters to cmake
:
- (Windows only)
-G<generator>
is-G"Visual Studio 16 2019" -A Win32
for 32-bit build using Visual Studio 2019, or-G"Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64
for 64-bit build using Visual Studio 2019. Older versions of Visual Studio may be used.
You can pass additional parameters to cmake
:
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
to build with debugging information, which is useful during development. By default, the project is built in theRelease
mode. This has no effect on Windows, but the same thing can be achieved by runningcmake --build .
with the--config Debug
parameter.
The original PeLib modules:
- Copyright (c) 2004 - 2005 Sebastian Porst (webmaster@the-interweb.com), licensed under the zlib/libpng License. See the
ZLIB_LICENSE
file for more details.
Modules added by Avast Software:
- Copyright (c) 2017 - 2020 Avast Software, licensed under the MIT license. See the
MIT_LICENSE
file for more details.