A pure-Rust library for VMware host-guest protocol ("VMXh backdoor").
This library provides helpers to access and use the VMware backdoor from a guest VM. It allows bi-directional interactions with the VMWare hypervisor and host environment.
The "backdoor" protocol does not have official specifications, but it has been widely analyzed and there are multiple projects documenting it: 1. https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-11.0.5/open-vm-tools/lib/include/backdoordef.h 2. https://wiki.osdev.org/VMwaretools 3. https://sysprogs.com/legacy/articles/kdvmware/guestrpc.shtml 4. https://github.com/vmware/vmw-guestinfo/tree/master/bdoor 5. https://sites.google.com/site/chitchatvmback/backdoor
```rust let isvmw = vmwbackdoor::isvmwarecpu(); println!("VMware CPU detected: {}.", is_vmw);
let mut guard = vmwbackdoor::accessbackdoor().unwrap(); println!("Raised I/O access to reach backdoor port.");
let found = guard.probevmwarebackdoor().unwrap_or(false); println!("VMware backdoor detected: {}.", found);
let mut erpc = guard.openenhancedchan().unwrap(); let key = "guestinfo.ignition.config.data"; let guestinfo = erpc.getguestinfo(key.asbytes()).unwrap();
if let Some(val) = guestinfo { println!("Got value for key '{}':", key); println!("{}", String::fromutf8lossy(&val)); }; ```
Some more examples are available under examples.
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