Windows x86 - user32!MessageBox "Hello World!" 199 Bytes Null-Free

/*
 * This file was automatically generated by mkhex.sh,
 * which, together with the complete
 * and heavily commented assembly source code
 * for this shellcode, is available at
 * https://github.com/NoviceLive/shellcoding.
 *
 * For those curious heads
 * striving to figure out what's under the hood.
 *
 */


# include <stdlib.h>
# include <stdio.h>
# include <string.h>

# include <windows.h>


int
main(void)
{
  char *shellcode = "\x33\xc9\x64\x8b\x49\x30\x8b\x49\x0c\x8b"
    "\x49\x1c\x8b\x59\x08\x8b\x41\x20\x8b\x09"
    "\x80\x78\x0c\x33\x75\xf2\x8b\xeb\x03\x6d"
    "\x3c\x8b\x6d\x78\x03\xeb\x8b\x45\x20\x03"
    "\xc3\x33\xd2\x8b\x34\x90\x03\xf3\x42\x81"
    "\x3e\x47\x65\x74\x50\x75\xf2\x81\x7e\x04"
    "\x72\x6f\x63\x41\x75\xe9\x8b\x75\x24\x03"
    "\xf3\x66\x8b\x14\x56\x8b\x75\x1c\x03\xf3"
    "\x8b\x74\x96\xfc\x03\xf3\x33\xff\x57\x68"
    "\x61\x72\x79\x41\x68\x4c\x69\x62\x72\x68"
    "\x4c\x6f\x61\x64\x54\x53\xff\xd6\x33\xc9"
    "\x57\x66\xb9\x33\x32\x51\x68\x75\x73\x65"
    "\x72\x54\xff\xd0\x57\x68\x6f\x78\x41\x01"
    "\xfe\x4c\x24\x03\x68\x61\x67\x65\x42\x68"
    "\x4d\x65\x73\x73\x54\x50\xff\xd6\x57\x68"
    "\x72\x6c\x64\x21\x68\x6f\x20\x57\x6f\x68"
    "\x48\x65\x6c\x6c\x8b\xcc\x57\x57\x51\x57"
    "\xff\xd0\x57\x68\x65\x73\x73\x01\xfe\x4c"
    "\x24\x03\x68\x50\x72\x6f\x63\x68\x45\x78"
    "\x69\x74\x54\x53\xff\xd6\x57\xff\xd0";

  DWORD why_must_this_variable;
  BOOL ret = VirtualProtect (shellcode, strlen(shellcode),
    PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, &why_must_this_variable);

  if (!ret) {
    printf ("VirtualProtect\n");
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }

  printf("strlen(shellcode)=%d\n", strlen(shellcode));

  ((void (*)(void))shellcode)();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}