Simple WU client app using ATL.
winget install 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.2022.Community'
Tools > Get Tools and Features...
- Desktop Development with C++
- C++ ATL for latest v143 build tools (x86 & x64)
Open project
in elevated prompt:
c:\debuggers_x86\windbg.exe -y 'cache*;SRV*https://symweb' Debug\wuclient.exe
('g' until debugbreak in SearchSync)
dt session p shows session interface pointer.
0:000:x86> dt session p Local var @ 0x6ff358 Type ATL::CComPtr { 00a8f06c } { 00a8f06c } +0x000 p : 0x00a8f06c IUpdateSession
0:000:x86> dds poi(00a8f06c) l5
6177111c 617b4760 wuapi![thunk]:ATL::CComObject::QueryInterfaceadjustor{8}' 61771120 617b4670 wuapi![thunk]:ATL::CComObject<CUpdateSession>::AddRefadjustor{8}'
61771124 617b4870 wuapi![thunk]:ATL::CComObject::Release`adjustor{8}'
61771128 6179d480 wuapi!ATL::IDispatchImpl<IWindowsUpdateAgentInfo,&IID_IWindowsUpdateAgentInfo,&LIBID_WUApiLib,2,0,ATL::CComTypeInfoHolder>::GetTypeInfoCount [onecore\enduser\windowsupdate\client\commoncomapi\ComHelper.h @ 296]
6177112c 617bebe0 wuapi!ATL::IDispatchImpl<IUpdateSession3,&IID_IUpdateSession3,&LIBID_WUApiLib,2,0,ATL::CComTypeInfoHolder>::GetTypeInfo [onecore\external\sdk\inc\atlmfc\atlcom.h @ 4666]
discuss binary layout.
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0:014> !comexts.comobj searcher
CoDecodeProxy requires a valid developer license to be installed on the debugging host. ERROR: !comobj: extension exception 0x80070005. "Access denied. Make sure you have a valid developer license installed."
Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration then enable "Developer Mode"
0:000> !comexts.comobj searcher
InProc, Raw Object Class [wuapi!ATL::CComObject], Base address [0x0151188c]
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bu wuapi!CSusInternalWrapper::BeginFindUpdates g
0:008> dt pSusInternal p Local var @ 0x2c6fc00 Type ATL::CComPtr { 00c0c71c } { 00c0c71c } +0x000 p : 0x00c0c71c ISusInternal
0:008> dds poi(00c0c71c) l3 60af8008 60af7570 wups!IUnknown_QueryInterface_Proxy 60af800c 60af74a0 wups!IUnknown_AddRef_Proxy 60af8010 60af7500 wups!IUnknown_Release_Proxy
0:008> !comexts.comobj /a 00c0c71c
Out-of-Proc, Proxy
Hosting process: ID[976], Name[C:\Windows\System32\svchost.ex] Apartment:MTA COM object base address: 0x8264f030 Attach to server and dump details...
Click Attach: .attach 0n976; g; !comobj /a 0x8264F030; .detach
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Start-Service -Name wuauserv
c:\debuggers_x64\windbg.exe -y 'cache*;SRV*https://symweb' -psn wuauserv
g wuclient!CAtlExeModule::Search
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0:014> !load comexts
0:014> !comexts.apartment (or !comexts.apartment /t TID)
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bp wuaueng!CClientCallRecorder::BeginFindUpdates
0:011> !comexts.ccalls /findClient Client system process ID: 0x0000000000000d5c Client system thread ID: 0x0000000000003868
Thread ID won't match output, as WUAPI creates multiple threads to do federated calls.
(There's also /findServer).
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!comtls - Displays the COM TLS structure +0x068 pCurrentContext : 0x0000029f`0301a168 CObjectContext
CObjectContext._pApartment points to curent CComApartment (gpMTAApartment)
!comglobals - Lists COM global variables and their values combase!gpMTAApartment = 0x0000029f0300e3f0 ( dt combase!CComApartment 0x0000029f0300e3f0 ) combase!gpNTAApartment = 0x0000029f0300dee0 ( dt combase!CComApartment 0x0000029f0300dee0 ) combase!gpMtaObjServer = 0x0000029f03918820 ( dt combase!CObjServer 0x0000029f03918820 ) combase!gpNtaObjServer = 0x0000000000000000 ( dt combase!CObjServer 0x0000000000000000 ) combase!CClassCache::_MTALSvrsFront = 0x0000029f03905c20 ( dt combase!CClassCache::CLSvrClassEntry 0x0000029f03905c20 ) combase!CClassCache::_NTALSvrsFront = 0x0000000000000000 ( dt combase!CClassCache::CLSvrClassEntry 0x0000000000000000 ) combase!gOXIDTbl = 0x0000000000000000 ( dt combase!COXIDTable 0x0000000000000000 ) combase!gRIFTbl = 0x0000000000000000 ( dt combase!CRIFTable 0x0000000000000000 ) combase!gSRFTbl = 0x00007fff3a5d4f20 ( dt combase!CNameHashTable 0x00007fff3a5d4f20 ) combase!gGIPTbl = 0x00007fff3a5d4f58 ( dt combase!CGIPTable 0x00007fff3a5d4f58 )