I recently researched the PE file side of things and found that the PE format is worth summarizing for everyone, so let's get go！！！
Concept
PE file is the general name of executable program files in Windows operating system, PE is the abbreviation of Portable Execute, meaning "portable, executable", which means a file can be run in multiple operating systems, common ones are DLL, EXE, OCX, SYS, etc. are PE files.
File Structure
DOS HEADER
The above figure shows the prototype of IMAGE_DOS_HEADER structure, which is located at the top of the PE header and is the starting part of the PE file. The structure is defined in the winnt.h header file, which defines the structure prototype of the PE header and section area. the form of the IMAGE_DOS_HEADER structure is determined and its size is constant, totaling 64 bytes (offset in the PE file is 0h to 40h).
IMAGE_DOS_HEADER structure, 32-bit / 64 for the system we live to focus on two members: e_magic (the first) and e_lfanew (the last)
e_magic: IMAGE_DOS_HEADER structure initially 2 bytes for 4D5A, the comment content is the signature, 4D5A corresponding to the character MZ, so what exactly does MZ mean? MZ is the acronym of Mark Zbikowski, who is one of the designers of the DOS system. In the PE file China it is like seeing Mark Zbikowski himself when you find MZ.
e_lfanew: located at the end of the structure, it is a LONG type variable with a size of 4 bytes. Offset relative to the beginning of the file, used to find the PE header;
DOS Stub Program
Immediately after the IMAGE_DOS_HEADER structure is the DOS Stub Program, which is not a structure but, as the name implies, a program. The DOS Stub Program is a small program, so its length is not fixed. So, how do you know where he ends? This can be known based on the value of the e_lfanew member variable. Since the e_lfanew value is the start offset of the IMAGE_NT_HEADER structure and follows immediately after the DOS Stub Program, you know where the DOS Stub Program ends as long as you have the e_lfanew value.
IMAGE_NT_HEADER
The first member of the NT header is "PE\0\0" (0X50 0X45 0X00 0X00 four-byte signature), and the next two members are the standard PE header (_IMAGE_FILE_HEADER) and the optional PE header (_IMAGE_OPTIONAL_HEADER).
To be continued。。。