Thread: Not sure. (Pointers) Memory acess.

  1. #1
    deletedforumuser
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    Not sure. (Pointers) Memory acess.

    Hello, im trying to acess the memory adress of my program using another program. How would that be possible?

    I tryed this:

    This is the program that contains the variable for the memory to be acessed:

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <windows.h>
    
    
    using namespace std;
    
    
    int main()
    {
    
    	int* p_watk = new int(10);
    
    
    	while(1)
    	{
    		cout <<*p_watk<<endl;
    		cout <<&p_watk<<endl;
    		Sleep(2000);
    	}
    
    
            delete p_watk;
    	return 0;
    
    }


    This is the program to acess the memory:

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
    
    	int* p = (int*)0x016FC50;
    
    
    	cout <<*p;
    
    }
    Actually, All you got to do is open the first program. Then check the adress, and change 0x016FC50 to the adress you want to acess.

    I tryed it, doesn't really work. Maybe the way im doing it is wrong.

    This will help me to:

    Save the memory adress into a file.
    The "Server localhost" program will read the file, get the adress.
    It will then be able to modify the value.

    Thank you. If you are able to help me with that, it'll be great.

  2. #2
    deletedforumuser
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    Hmm, nevermind, i just heard about ReadProcessMemory.

    I will go learn it, if i still have problems, i'll tell you guys.

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    > Hello, im trying to acess the memory adress of my program using another program. How would that be possible?
    Given most operating systems today, very difficult.

    Each process runs in a virtual address space. So address 0x016FC50 in one program is completely meaningless in another program (or even another instance of the same program).

    Each OS (usually) has an API to do this, but you almost certainly have to run as root/admin to do it. Plus if you're doing anything more complicated than reading in one and writing in another to a single memory location, then you're going to need locks to prevent concurrent access.

    Perhaps you should explain what this "server" is trying to do.
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    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <windows.h>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
    
    	HWND hwnd;
    
    	DWORD id;
    
    	hwnd = FindWindow(NULL,"Hey");
    
    	GetWindowThreadProcessId(hwnd, &id);
    
    	HANDLE client = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, false, id);
    
    	int theadress = 0x0020F770;
    
    	DWORD bytesread = 5;
    	int buffer = 4;
    
    	ReadProcessMemory(client,(int*)theadress, &buffer, sizeof(int), &bytesread);
    
    	cout<<buffer;
    
    }
    I tryed this, i have set my console title to Hey. It actually found the process id.

    Trying to read from it...Not sure how to print the value of the adress.

  5. #5
    deletedforumuser
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    Got it right this time.

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <windows.h>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
    
    	HANDLE client = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, false, 26420);
    
    	int theadress = 0x012FC08;
    
    	DWORD bytesread = 0;
    	int buffer = -1;
    
    	ReadProcessMemory(client,(LPVOID)theadress, &buffer, sizeof(int), 0);
    
    	cout <<buffer;
    
    }
    It can acess the memory adress...But how do i print the value?

  6. #6
    deletedforumuser
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    Got it finally, i can now read the value .

    Great!

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