EmpireProject/Empire

osx prompt and keylogger lang issue

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#1,175 opened on Jul 3, 2018

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Description

the osx prompt and keylogger work fine, except one important thing which is the following: the keyboard layout isn't taken into account so while the key pressed returned might be correct on a default US keyboard I presume, on another one it isn't It's quite easy to "translate" for simple key like a > q but some combos like @ on some keyboards are very different. that command return the layout used but I fail to find a way to properly translate what Empire returns given the layout any idea ?

defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.HIToolbox.plist  AppleEnabledInputSources
(
        {
        InputSourceKind = "Keyboard Layout";
        "KeyboardLayout ID" = 251;
        "KeyboardLayout Name" = "ABC-AZERTY";
    }
)

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pythonshell
Domain
security
Issue type
bug
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3
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1-3 hours
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stale
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needs investigation
Prerequisites
macOS keyboard layout handlingEmpire keylogger source code
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
20
Research direction
Investigate Empire's macOS keylogger implementation, likely in Python or shell scripts. Look at how key events are captured and mapped to characters. The issue mentions using `defaults read` to get the current keyboard layout. Explore how to translate raw key codes based on layout, possibly using macOS Core Graphics or Carbon APIs. Check if there are existing functions in Empire for layout aware key translation.
osx prompt and keylogger lang issue · EmpireProject/Empire#1175 | Good First Issue