hijack-process v0.3.2

hijack-process

This package can be used to inspect and manipulate the memory of running processes. Please note that most platforms restrict virtual memory access to priviliged users.

Table of Contents

• hijack(id) - hijack a process
• process.read(address, size) - read a byte array
• process.write(address, bytes) - write a byte array

Documentation

# hijack(id)

Attaches to the process with the specified id.

var hijack = require('hijack-process');

var thisProcess = hijack(process.pid);
// => { handle: 1234 }

# process.read(address, size)

Read size bytes from the specified address.

var hijack = require('hijack-process');

var thisProcess = hijack(process.pid);

var bytes = thisProcess.read(0xDEADBEEF, 8);
// => [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ]

# process.write(address, bytes)

Write an array of bytes to the specific address.

var hijack = require('hijack-process');

var thisProcess = hijack(process.pid);

var ascending = thisProcess.read(0xDEADBEEF, 8);
// => [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ]

thisProcess.write(0xDEADBEEF, [ 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 ]);

var descending = thisProcess.read(0xDEADBEEF, 8);
// => [ 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 ]