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Class 04 · KP 02 / 20

PE File Layout at a Glance

DOS header + stubMZ, e_lfanewNT HeadersSignature + File + OptionalSection tableone entry per section.text / .data / .rdata / .rsrcthe sectionsloaded top-to-bottom by the Windows PE loader
PE layout: imports in the Optional Header reveal a binary's capabilities.

See the lecture slides for this topic.