[TUTORIAL] How to deobfuscate (most) scripts on this forum

[LiquidOnTop]

Requirement:

• js knowledge
• knowing how to use the terminal (install + run programs)
• a code editor
• a brain

Step 1: Obtain the obfuscated script:

In this example, I'll use BetterCriticals.

Before deobfuscation:

Step 2: Basic deobfuscator and formatter

• install nodejs (only once)
• install synchrony
• create a config file with the following content:

rename: true
loose: true
sourceType: "script"

• put the obfuscated script and the above config file in the same directory, open cmd.exe/terminal and run synchrony -c config [NAME] where name is the file name of the obfuscated script.

Now the script should look like this:

Step 3: use brain

Quick reminder:

var flyModule = moduleManager.getModule('Fly')

can be obfuscated into

var flyModule = moduleManager['getModule']('Fly')

and then those strings can be hidden inside a table and used via a decode function (a function that takes an index into the strings table and return the deobfuscated string).

Use your brain now: what's the decode function in this script:

If you can't see that the decode function is axolotl_b, stop reading this, else proceed to step 4.

Step 4: transformer

Wouldn't it be nice if we can write a program that convert

into

by replacing each call of axototl_b with the result of that call?

4.1: transformer base

The variable axototl_a contains the encrypted string table for this script so copy that into a new file called transformer.js

4.2: remove anti debugger and anti formatter:

Take a look at the decode function:

Again, if you can't see the part that prevents debugging and formatting, quit reading. For everyone else it's this part:

WCaJFG only succeeds if tPYtSP is a obfuscated function (in this case, have no newline which our deobfuscated one does). So uhm, remove it I guess.

fS here is also another anti debug function:

So by now, you should know what to copy and what to not copy to your transformer.js. Mine look like this.

4.3: processing input

First, read read from stdin line by line and String.replace(), particularly the part that cover Specifying a function as the replacement.
Now add this to your transformer.js:

function replacer(match, p1, offset, string) {
  return "'" + axolotl_b(p1) + "'";
}
function processLine(line) {
  line = line.replaceAll(
    /axolotl_b\('([0-9A-Fa-fxX]+)'\)/g,
    replacer
  );
  console.log(line) // print modified
}

process.stdin.pipe(require('split')()).on('data', processLine) // for each line, run ProcessLine

Now your transformer.js should look like this. Before running your transformer, run npm install split first.

Now, run node transformer.js < crits.cleaned.js > crits.js (pretty sure this works on windows too, tested on linux) with crits.cleaned.js being the file produced in step 2 and crits.js is the name of the new file.

The (almost) deobfuscated script should look like this file or this image:

Feel free to remove everything before the line

var scriptName = 'BetterCriticals'

as that is the beginning of most normal script and everything before it have no use from now.

Step 5: last synchrony

Repeat step 2 on the file produced by step 4. You should get something similar to this:

Step 6: Rename variables

You read the entire thing and have a working brain, I believe you can do this yourself.

Questions u may have:

• I need more example: check out my other post in which I deobfuscated? using the same technique.
• Bad english: yes ik english is not my first language.
• Setup: images taken from Code OSS with Atom One Dark color scheme, running on Artix Linux.

Questions I have:

• What's the name (and creator) of this obfuscator?

[kawaiinekololis]

Wildwest

[Aftery]

can you do the 20mb script in the other thread though?

[kawaiinekololis]

@segv-segv said in [TUTORIAL] How to deobfuscate (most) scripts on this forum:

Questions I have:

What's the name (and creator) of this obfuscator?

People most likely use
https://github.com/CCBlueX/LiquidScript/tree/master/obfuscator

which uses
https://github.com/javascript-obfuscator/javascript-obfuscator
or the online website
https://obfuscator.io/

[idk my name]

@Aftery XD
can you try deobfuscating it?