pefile.PEFormatError: 'DOS Header magic not found.'

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pefile.PEFormatError: 'DOS Header magic not found.'

NilanjPatel opened this issue 3 years ago · comments

This is the code :

res = {} ; pe = pefile.PE(fpath) ; res['Machine'] = pe.FILE_HEADER.Machine

the file is a zip or a text file which I am giving as input.

Traceback (most recent call last): File "main.py", line 196, in <module> data = extract_infos(args.FILE) File "main.py", line 74, in extract_infos pe = pefile.PE(fpath) File "/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pefile.py", line 1754, in __init__ self.__parse__(name, data, fast_load) File "/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pefile.py", line 1847, in __parse__ raise PEFormatError('DOS Header magic not found.') pefile.PEFormatError: 'DOS Header magic not found.'

insolor · Answer 1 · Mon Apr 05 2021 12:57:26 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I think this is an expected result for a file without a proper DOS header. Do you expect something different?

Nilanj Patel · Answer 2 · Mon Apr 05 2021 19:01:38 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@insolor yes, I got this. Can you help me to read file details like features of file and other information like MajorLinkerVersion, etc. which works in mac, Linux and windows os.

insolor · Answer 3 · Tue Apr 06 2021 19:08:52 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@NilanjPatel I can, but I won't. Try to consult with the PE Header specification from Microsoft and try to retrieve necessary information using pefile in some interactive environments with autocompletion (some IDE or REPL like IPython).