{"record":{"id":"3b4689064c0a5157","repo":"sqlmapproject/sqlmap","slug":"failed-to-create-the-shellcode-s","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to create the shellcode ('%s')","messagePattern":"failed to create the shellcode \\('(.+?)'\\)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"SqlmapFilePathException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/takeover/metasploit.py","lineNumber":613,"sourceCode":"        process = execute(self._payloadCmd, shell=True, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, close_fds=False)\n\n        dataToStdout(\"\\r[%s] [INFO] creation in progress \" % time.strftime(\"%X\"))\n        pollProcess(process)\n        payloadStderr = process.communicate()[1]\n\n        match = re.search(b\"(Total size:|Length:|succeeded with size|Final size of exe file:) ([\\\\d]+)\", payloadStderr)\n\n        if match:\n            payloadSize = int(match.group(2))\n\n            if extra == \"BufferRegister=EAX\":\n                payloadSize = payloadSize // 2\n\n            debugMsg = \"the shellcode size is %d bytes\" % payloadSize\n            logger.debug(debugMsg)\n        else:\n            errMsg = \"failed to create the shellcode ('%s')\" % getText(payloadStderr).replace(\"\\n\", \" \").replace(\"\\r\", \"\")\n            raise SqlmapFilePathException(errMsg)\n\n        self._shellcodeFP = open(self._shellcodeFilePath, \"rb\")\n        self.shellcodeString = getText(self._shellcodeFP.read())\n        self._shellcodeFP.close()\n\n        os.unlink(self._shellcodeFilePath)\n\n    def uploadShellcodeexec(self, web=False):\n        self.shellcodeexecLocal = os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_EXTRAS_PATH, \"shellcodeexec\")\n\n        if Backend.isOs(OS.WINDOWS):\n            self.shellcodeexecLocal = os.path.join(self.shellcodeexecLocal, \"windows\", \"shellcodeexec.x%s.exe_\" % \"32\")\n            content = decloak(self.shellcodeexecLocal)\n            if SHELLCODEEXEC_RANDOM_STRING_MARKER in content:\n                content = content.replace(SHELLCODEEXEC_RANDOM_STRING_MARKER, getBytes(randomStr(len(SHELLCODEEXEC_RANDOM_STRING_MARKER))))\n                _ = cloak(data=content)\n                handle, self.shellcodeexecLocal = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=\"%s.exe_\" % \"32\")\n                os.close(handle)","sourceCodeStart":595,"sourceCodeEnd":631,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/blob/0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d/lib/takeover/metasploit.py#L595-L631","documentation":"Error \"failed to create the shellcode ('%s')\" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at lib/takeover/metasploit.py:613 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d","analyzedAt":"2026-08-26T23:02:52.002Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-27T03:17:27.898Z"}