How to do it...

In the following steps, we will parse the PE header of a file, and then print out notable portions of it:

1. Import the PE file and use it to parse the PE header of your desired file:

import pefile

desired_file = "python-3.7.2-amd64.exe"
pe = pefile.PE(desired_file)

1. List the imports of the PE file:

for entry in pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_IMPORT:
    print(entry.dll)
    for imp in entry.imports:
        print("\t", hex(imp.address), imp.name)

A small portion of the output is shown here:

1. List the sections of the PE file:

for section in pe.sections:
    print(
        section.Name,
        hex(section.VirtualAddress),
        hex(section.Misc_VirtualSize),
        section.SizeOfRawData,
    )

The output of the previous code is as follows:

1. Print a full dump of the parsed information:

print(pe.dump_info())

A small portion of the output is displayed here: