By calling LoadLibrary, the Resource class loads the executable and runs
its DllMain (in case of a DLL). This behavior is incorrect since the user
expects the PE to be loaded as a data file in order to work with its
resources.
By replacing LoadLibrary with the call to LoadLibraryEx with the proper
flags (LOAD_LIBRARY_AS_DATAFILE flag for read-only access and
LOAD_LIBRARY_AS_DATAFILE_EXCLUSIVE for write access) the class loads
the executable without executing its code.
poidasmith
commented
10 years ago
By calling LoadLibrary, the Resource class loads the executable and runs its DllMain (in case of a DLL). This behavior is incorrect since the user expects the PE to be loaded as a data file in order to work with its resources.
By replacing LoadLibrary with the call to LoadLibraryEx with the proper flags (LOAD_LIBRARY_AS_DATAFILE flag for read-only access and LOAD_LIBRARY_AS_DATAFILE_EXCLUSIVE for write access) the class loads the executable without executing its code.
More information can be found under: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms684179(v=vs.85).aspx
Signed-off-by: Tal Kain tal@kain.net