unlimited CrossOver 24 trial (MacOS)

README.md

Run it in console for execute or install:

service will execute every 10 days or system restart

url="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/repsejnworb/84d3e0852cf90ef40edf7e9c060f193b/raw/CrossOverLicence.sh?token=$(date +%s)"&& sh -c "$(curl -fsSL "$url")" 

Should look like this:

After install script will fix crossover as well as expired bottles (Thanks to @djsmax and @santaklouse).

For executing just on time after installation

sh ~/CrossOverLicence/main.sh execute

Run to uninstall

sh ~/CrossOverLicence/main.sh uninstall

If You use custom path to your Bottles

If you use custom path, using CXPatcher or Use External HD/SSD (feature intruduced on Crossover 24) the script $HOME/CrossOverLicence/main.sh can have the var BOTTLES_PATH be edited and then you can reload service by running:

launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.codeweavers.CrossOver.license.plist
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.codeweavers.CrossOver.license.plist

and also

sh ~/CrossOverLicence/main.sh execute

CrossOverLicence.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Variables
FOLDER_NAME="CrossOverLicence"
PLIST_NAME="com.codeweavers.CrossOver.license.plist"
BOTTLES_PATH="$HOME/Library/Application Support/CrossOver/Bottles"
SCRIPT_URL="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/repsejnworb/84d3e0852cf90ef40edf7e9c060f193b/raw/CrossOverLicence.sh?token=$(date +%s)"

TOTAL_STEPS=3
STEP=0

function addStep() {
  ((STEP++))
  echo ""
  echo "\033[33m$STEP/$TOTAL_STEPS $1\033[0m"
}

function resetSystemReg() {
  local arquivo="$1"
  local data_atual=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
  local backup_arquivo="${arquivo}.${data_atual}.bak"

  # Make a backup copy of the original file with the current date in the name
  cp "$arquivo" "$backup_arquivo"

  # proccess the file, removing the desired section
  awk '
  BEGIN { flag = 0; }
  /^\[Software\\\\CodeWeavers\\\\CrossOver\\\\cxoffice\]/ { flag = 1; }
  flag && /^$/ { flag = 0; next; }
  !flag
  ' "$arquivo" > "${arquivo}.tmp" && mv "${arquivo}.tmp" "$arquivo"
}

function resetBottle {
  local bottlePath="$1"
  local bottleName=$(basename "$bottlePath")

  rm -rf "$bottlePath"/.version
  rm -rf "$bottlePath"/.update-timestamp

  resetSystemReg "$bottlePath/system.reg"
  echo "\033[32m$bottleName reseted\033[0m"
}

function find_bottles() {
  find "$1" -name "system.reg" -exec dirname {} \;
}

execute_only() {
  addStep "Executing renew trial"
  local date=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
  defaults write com.codeweavers.CrossOver FirstRunDate -date "$date"
  defaults write com.codeweavers.CrossOver SULastCheckTime -date "$date"
  echo "\033[32mTrial start date updated to $date\033[0m"

  addStep "Finding bottles paths..."
  bottlePaths=$(find_bottles "$BOTTLES_PATH")

  if [[ -z "$bottlePaths" ]]; then
    echo "No bottles were found in the default path. Please enter the bottle path:"
    read userBottlePath
    # Try to find bottles in the path provided by the user
    bottlePaths=$(find_bottles "$userBottlePath")
  
    # If no path is found, the script ends with an error message
    if [[ -z "$bottlePaths" ]]; then
      echo "\033[31mNo bottles were found in the provided path. Exiting.\033[0m"
      exit 1
    fi
  fi

  # Fix IFS to handle spaces in the path
  OLD_IFS="$IFS"
  IFS=$'\n'
  for bottle in $bottlePaths; do
    echo "\033[32m$(basename "$bottle")\033[0m -> $bottle"
  done

  addStep "Resetting bottles install times"
  for bottle in $bottlePaths; do
    resetBottle "$bottle"
  done

  IFS="$OLD_IFS"
}

# Function for install
install() {
  TOTAL_STEPS=$((TOTAL_STEPS + 2))
  addStep "Trying to execute the script..."
  execute_only

  addStep "Installing Service..."

  mkdir -p "$HOME/$FOLDER_NAME"
  curl -o "$HOME/$FOLDER_NAME"/main.sh "$SCRIPT_URL" > /dev/null 2>&1
  chmod +x "$HOME/$FOLDER_NAME"/main.sh

  local plistPath="$HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/$PLIST_NAME"
  # if script alredy exists, unload and remove it
  if [ -f "$plistPath" ]; then
    launchctl unload "$plistPath" > /dev/null 2>&1
    rm "$plistPath"
  fi

  # Create the macOS service file
  cat > "$plistPath" << EOF
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>$PLIST_NAME</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>$HOME/$FOLDER_NAME/main.sh</string>
        <string>execute</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>StartInterval</key>
    <integer>864000</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
EOF
    echo "\033[32mService Installation completed.\033[0m"
    echo "Starting the service..."
    launchctl load "$plistPath"

}

# Function for uninstall
uninstall() {
  TOTAL_STEPS=2
  addStep "Uninstalling the service..."

  local plistPath="$HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/$PLIST_NAME"
  # If the plist exists, unload and remove it
  if [ -f "$plistPath" ]; then
    launchctl unload "$plistPath" > /dev/null 2>&1
    rm "$plistPath"
  else
    echo "\033[33mService plist not found. Skipping unload.\033[0m"
  fi

  addStep "Removing script directory..."
  # Remove the script directory
  if [ -d "$HOME/$FOLDER_NAME" ]; then
    echo "Removing script directory..."
    rm -rf "$HOME/$FOLDER_NAME"
    echo "\033[32mScript directory removed.\033[0m"
  else
    echo "\033[33mScript directory not found. Skipping removal.\033[0m"
  fi

  echo "\033[32mUninstallation completed.\033[0m"
}

# Check arguments
if [ "$#" -eq 1 ]; then
  if [ "$1" == "execute" ]; then
    execute_only
  elif [ "$1" == "install" ]; then
    install
  elif [ "$1" == "uninstall" ]; then
    uninstall
  else
    echo "Invalid argument. Use 'execute' or 'install'."
  fi
else
  echo "Do you wish to 'execute' the script or 'install'? [\033[37mexecute\033[0m/\033[33minstall\033[0m]"
  echo "\033[37minstall is the default choice.. you can just press enter\033[0m"
  read response

  if [ "$response" == "execute" ]; then
    execute_only
  elif [ "$response" == "install" ]; then
    install
  else
    echo "No valid option. Installing by default..."
    install
  fi
fi

I saw this in passing because I took a free trial and then had to travel, so I never actually got to use it, and googled if there was a way to renew it. I'm also a software engineer and am generally interested in things involving security.

No offence to the author, who I'm sure has absolutely all the best intentions, but if you run this script without knowing any basic bash you're uninformed, or if you have written code before and you run it, you're an idiot.

It does two things:

• Pulls the latest copy of itself from github
• Runs itself indefinitely as a service on your machine

If the author's account were ever compromised, you can bet your ass the "latest version of the script" that it pulls every time it runs would be replaced with something dodgy, like pulling all your files, or installing malware, or using your cpu to mine something, and you'd be none the wiser because it's running in the background. All it would take would be for the raw script that it curls to be replaced with anything else.

At least remove the automatic updating and shoving it in a service, you can copy paste it into an LLM to learn more about what it does. At the end of the day, all it's doing is replacing a few piece of text in a file and all the other fluff is a security nightmare waiting to happen.

If you're in the situation like me where you merely missed using the trial, send CodeWeavers an email - they'll understand and will renew it for you 🤷

Does it work on Linux?