Decode this strange Javascript

Question

I came across this code in a .js file. What is this code ??

I have downloaded that file onto my localhost webserver.Keeping this code in the .js file redirects me t

Answer 1

Python happens to use the same way of encoding, so I just threw it at a Python shell.

>>> '\x63\x6f\x6e\x73\x74\x72\x75\x63\x74\x6f\x72'
'constructor'
>>> '\x75\x6e\x65\x73\x63\x61\x70\x65'
'unescape'
>>> import urllib
>>> urllib.unquote('%69%66%28%7e%6c%6f%63%61%74%69%6f%6e%2e%70%72%6f%74%6f%63%6f%6c%2e%69%6e%64%65%78%4f%66%28%27%68%74%74%70%3a%27%29%26%26%7e%6c%6f%63%61%74%69%6f%6e%2e%68%6f%73%74%2e%69%6e%64%65%78%4f%66%28%27%74%65%6d%70%6c%61%74%65%2d%68%65%6c%70%2e%63%6f%6d%27%29%29%7b%7d%65%6c%73%65%28%6c%6f%63%61%74%69%6f%6e%2e%68%72%65%66%3d%27%68%74%74%70%3a%2f%2f%77%77%77%2e%67%6f%6f%67%6c%65%2e%63%6f%6d%27%29')
"if(~location.protocol.indexOf('http:')&&~location.host.indexOf('template-help.com')){}else(location.href='http://www.google.com')"

So this code boils down to (adding whitespace for clarity):

[]['constructor']['constructor'](
  "if (~location.protocol.indexOf('http:') &&
       ~location.host.indexOf('template-help.com'))
     {}
   else
     (location.href='http://www.google.com')")()

So what does this actually do? Node.js to the rescue:

> [].constructor
[Function: Array]
> [].constructor.constructor
[Function: Function]
> 

So [] is simply an empty array, [].constructor gives us the array constructor (which is a Function object), and finally, [].constructor.constructor gives us the constructor of the Function object. That constructor accepts a string containing some code, and turns it into a callable function, that then gets called (note the () at the very end). So this eventually just executes this code:

if (~location.protocol.indexOf('http:') &&
    ~location.host.indexOf('template-help.com'))
  {}
else
  (location.href='http://www.google.com')

Yeah, if I wrote code like that, I'd obfuscate it too! ;)