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Feature Request: Custom Reflective Loader Support #228

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When deploying beacon agents in mature environments with EDR/AV solutions, the default reflective loader often becomes a detection point. The security community has developed various advanced loaders with different evasion techniques to address this challenge.

Cobalt Strike introduced the User-Defined Reflective Loader (UDRL) feature, which allows operators to replace the default loader with custom implementations. This has enabled projects like:

  • BokuLoader - Features indirect syscalls (HellsGate), IAT hooking, call stack spoofing, and multiple memory allocation methods
  • AceLdr - Cobalt Strike UDRL with advanced evasion
  • TitanLdr - Another popular alternative loader

The key aspects of CS's UDRL implementation:

  1. The loader is a position-independent shellcode blob that receives the beacon DLL appended to it
  2. Configuration options (allocator type, memory protection, etc.) are passed via unused fields in the beacon DLL's DOS/PE header
  3. Operators can select and configure loaders through the UI

Reference: Cobalt Strike UDRL Documentation

It would be valuable if AdaptixC2 could support custom reflective loaders in some capacity. This would allow operators to:

  • Adapt to different target environments
  • Leverage community-developed loaders
  • Customize their OPSEC posture

I understand this may require significant architectural consideration. I'm simply raising this as a feature that would greatly benefit the project's flexibility and evasion capabilities.

Thank you for your excellent work on AdaptixC2!

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