--- title: An Introduction to Module Stomping | daily.dev description: Module stomping is a Windows process injection technique that overwrites the .text section of a loaded, signed DLL to hide shellcode inside a disk-backed... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/an-introduction-to-module-stomping-bxnd0sfkk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: An Introduction to Module Stomping | daily.dev og:description: Module stomping is a Windows process injection technique that overwrites the .text section of a loaded, signed DLL to hide shellcode inside a disk-backed... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/an-introduction-to-module-stomping-bxnd0sfkk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bXnD0SFkK.png og:image:alt: An Introduction to Module Stomping og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # An Introduction to Module Stomping **[InfoSec Write-ups](https://daily.dev/sources/infosecwriteups)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Module stomping is a Windows process injection technique that overwrites the .text section of a loaded, signed DLL to hide shellcode inside a disk-backed memory region, evading memory scanners that flag unbacked allocations. The post walks through the four-step workflow: loading a sacrificial DLL (wininet.dll), locating a target function via GetProcAddress, writing shellcode with WriteProcessMemory, and executing via CreateThread. A local proof-of-concept using SystemInformer demonstrates each stage visually. The post also notes that a vanilla implementation still leaves IoCs through static imports and API strings, and previews upcoming enhancements including remote stomping, PEB-walking for dynamic resolution, and targeted stomping workflows. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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