# Vault 7: Projects

This publication series is about specific projects related to the Vault 7 main publication.

### Archimedes

# Fulcrum User Manual v0.61

15 November, 2011

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7 STEP‐BY‐STEP
7.1.1 PREPAREACONFIGURATIONFILE
1. OnaWindowsmachine,createafil ecalledf.cfg.decr.Youcanuseacopyofthef.cfg.example
filethatcomeswiththeproductasastartingpoint.
2. SupplyeachoftherequiredparametervaluesdescribedinSection5.1.4Configurat ionOptions
using the information gathered during the process outlined in Section 6.1.1 Preparation.
3. Supplyanydesiredoptionalparametervalues
4. RefertoSection7.1.3EncryptingtheConfigurationFiletoencryptthefileforusewiththe
FULCRUMapplica tion.
7.1.2 UPDATEACONFIGURATION FILE
WhenFulcrumis runasanEXEwithcommand‐lineparameters,theparametervaluesincludingthe
injectionURLareavailableinplainte xtviasimpletoolslikeTaskManagerorProcessExplorer.Compiling
theparametersintotheapplicationcanbetediouswhenyouwant tore‐useapivotmachinetotarget
multiplemachines.Youmaythenfinditusefultouseaconfigurationfilesothatyoucanjustuploadthe
newfileandrestartFulcrumtomovetothenexttarget.
1. FollowtheStepsinSection7.1.1PrepareaConfigurationFiletoprepar ethenewconfig
2. ShutdownFulcrumonthepivotmachine
3. Placethenewf.cfgfilenexttotheFulcru mbinary,overwritinganyexistingcopyifpresent
4. StartFulcrum
7.1.3 ENCRYPTINGTHECONFIGURATIONFILE
TheFulcrumconfigurationfilemustbeencryptingusingthe256‐bitkeyandtheAESalgorithminorder
fortheFulcrumapplicationtouse it. Thisiseasilyaccomplishedusingthesupplied
FULCRUMENCRYPTER
utility.Thisutilitywillcreateanencryptedcopyoftheconfigurationfile.
1. Copythe
FULCRUMENCRYPTERbinary(FulcrumEncrypter32.exe)intothesamedirectoryasthe
configurationfile.
2. Openacommandprompt
3. Changedirectoriestothelocationofthef.cfg.decrfile
4. Encrypttheconfigurationfilebytypingthefollowingcommandintothecommandprompt:
FulcrumEncrypter32.exeef.cfg.decrf.cfg
7.1.4 DECRYPTINGTHECONFIGURATIONFILE

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