UnityHook

UnityHook is a simple platform for hooking managed function calls, targeting specifically assemblies compiled for Unity3d games.

Installed hooks allow overriding hooked functions' return values, essentially granting complete control over managed code execution in a targeted game.

Hooker

Hooker is the project that actually injects code into original game assemblies/libraries (= .dll files). It can be used to 'hook' and 'restore' assemblies. Run hooker.exe help for information about the options to pass. To hook game-assemblies you need to tell it the location of the game folder and the path to a compiled HookRegistry binary.

HookRegistry

HookRegistry is the project that contains code to be executed when a hooked method/function has been called while the game is running. The project compiles to 1 binary file that must be passed to Hooker. Currently implemented hooks are following:

• Hearthstone - with dependancy on HS game libraries
  • Disable SSL connection between client/server;
  • Duplicate packets transferred between client/server to other TCP streams. These streams try to attach to the HearthStone PacketAnalyzer.
• General
  • Hooking into the Unity logger.

Hooker will attempt to copy all referenced (by HookRegistry) library files to the library folder of the game. Make sure to validate all necessary library files are copied by inspecting the Hooker log output.

Hooks file

The file which declares all methods, located inside the game libraries, to be hooked. See /Hooker/example_hooks for more information about it's syntax. The example_hooks file is used in the next section's example.

NOTE: The hooker will always hook all methods entered in the Hooks file, if found. Hooking a specific method when the HooksRegistry binary has no code to inject will have NO side effect on the game! The game will run a bit slower though..

Build

Visual Studio 2017 has to be installed to build both projects. Required components are C# - and Unity development tools! Visual Studio 2017 Community edition is free to download and capable to perform the build.

1. Clone the repo;
2. Create a junction link between the solution folder and the game install path. See /createJunction.bat;
3. Open UnityHook solution file with Visual Studio;
4. Build project Hooker;
5. Build project HookRegistry;
6. All binary files can be found inside the bin folder of each project.

Usage Example

The example expects the example_hooks file to be used as of the latest commit, also the latest HookRegistry binary.

Effects of the example

• The game creates a non secure connection to the server (NOT through a TLS tunnel);
• All transferred network packets are being duplicated to another TCP 'dump'-stream.

What you need

• The PATH to Hooker compiled binaries. Refered to as {HOOKERPATH};
• The compiled binary FILE from HookRegistry. Referred to as {REGISTRY};
• The PATH to the game installation folder. Referred to as {GAMEDIR};
• The path to a hooks FILE, example_hooks as mentioned above. Referred to as {HOOKS}.

Steps

1. Call Hooker.exe;

{HOOKERPATH}\Hooker.exe hook -d "{GAMEDIR}" -h "{HOOKS}" -l "{REGISTRY}"

2. Verify that that Hooker did not encounter a problem;
   • Check the log output;
   • Requested methods are hooked;
   • Game assemblies are duplicated next to the original as {name}.original.dll -> Backup;
   • Patched assemblies are written to the game directory as {name}.out.dll;
   • Patched assemblies replaced the original assemblies as {name}.dll;
   • HookRegistry assembly, and referenced assemblies, are copied next to the game assemblies;
3. Run the game -> Watch the game log for lines starting with [HOOKER].

To restore, run the command {HOOKERPATH}\Hooker.exe restore -d "{GAMEDIR}"

Remarks

• This project is intended to run within the context of the Unity Engine. If Unity Engine is not initialised when HookRegistry is initialised, then no hooks will run. Each method will perform as if unhooked when outside of the Unity Engine context.