What release of MinGW is needed?

[gergesh]

Trying to run the python script, using the latest MinGW from either https://winlibs.com/#download-release or https://github.com/niXman/mingw-builds-binaries/releases throws this error:

[+] x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -c payload.c -o bin/payload.o  -Os -fPIC -nostdlib -nostartfiles -ffreestanding -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-ident -e start -s
ld: cannot perform PE operations on non PE output file 'bin/payload.bin'

This was after modifying CC in the python code and removing the -win32 suffix (since the file was not present in the above releases).

What version of MinGW did you use when testing this out, and where did you download it from? Thanks!

[JJK96]

Not the author, but for future reference, the Windows-targeted GCC only supports PE output mode, not binary. You can use the Win32 GCC to compile, and use the Linux GCC for linking.