From kitploit.com
elfloader is a super simple loader for ELF files that generates a flat in-memory representation of the ELF.
Pair this with Rust and now you can write your shellcode in a proper, safe, high-level language. Any target that LLVM can target can be used, including custom target specifications for really exotic platforms and ABIs. Enjoy using things like u64s on 32-bit systems, bounds checked arrays, drop handling of allocations, etc 🙂
It simply concatenates all LOAD sections together, using zero-padding if there are gaps, into one big flat file.
This file includes zero-initialization of .bss sections, and thus can be used directly as a shellcode payload.
If you don’t want to waste time with fail-open linker scripts, this is probably a great way to go.
This doesn’t handle any relocations, it’s on you to make sure the original ELF is based at the address you want it to be at.