Dump Windev 27 [better] File

HFSQL Data Extraction: Exporting data from .FIC (data), .MMO (memo), and .NDX (index) files.

  • For security researchers: Only dump software you own or have explicit written permission to analyze.
    1. Dump the process using procdump -ma during startup.
    2. Run strings and filter by SERVER=, PASSWORD=.
    3. Encounter false positives: data is XORed with key 0xA3.
    4. Write a small Python script to XOR each byte of the dump between address range 0x00420000 and 0x00450000 (where runtime variables live). The key 0xA3 is found by correlating known plaintext "HFSQL" with "HFSQL" XOR key = ciphertext.
    5. Extract valid connection string: SERVER=192.168.1.100;DATABASE=ERP_PROD;USER=windev_user;PASSWORD=Legacy2024!.

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