The Section Flags field indicates characteristics of the section.
| Flag | Value | Description |
| IMAGE_SCN_TYPE_REG | 0x00000000 | Reserved for future use. |
| IMAGE_SCN_TYPE_DSECT | 0x00000001 | Reserved for future use. |
| IMAGE_SCN_TYPE_NOLOAD | 0x00000002 | Reserved for future use. |
| IMAGE_SCN_TYPE_GROUP | 0x00000004 | Reserved for future use. |
| IMAGE_SCN_TYPE_NO_PAD | 0x00000008 | Section should not be padded to next boundary. This is obsolete and replaced by IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES. This is valid for object files only. |
| IMAGE_SCN_TYPE_COPY | 0x00000010 | Reserved for future use. |
| IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE | 0x00000020 | Section contains executable code. |
| IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA | 0x00000040 | Section contains initialized data. |
| IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA | 0x00000080 | Section contains uninitialized data. |
| IMAGE_SCN_LNK_OTHER | 0x00000100 | Reserved for future use. |
| IMAGE_SCN_LNK_INFO | 0x00000200 | Section contains comments or other information. The .drectve section has this type. This is valid for object files only. |
| IMAGE_SCN_TYPE_OVER | 0x00000400 | Reserved for future use. |
| IMAGE_SCN_LNK_REMOVE | 0x00000800 | Section will not become part of the image. This is valid for object files only. |
| IMAGE_SCN_LNK_COMDAT | 0x00001000 | Section contains COMDAT data. See Section 5.5.6, "COMDAT Sections," for more information. This is valid for object files only. |
| IMAGE_SCN_MEM_FARDATA | 0x00008000 | Reserved for future use. |
| IMAGE_SCN_MEM_PURGEABLE | 0x00020000 | Reserved for future use. |
| IMAGE_SCN_MEM_16BIT | 0x00020000 | Reserved for future use. |
| IMAGE_SCN_MEM_LOCKED | 0x00040000 | Reserved for future use. |
| IMAGE_SCN_MEM_PRELOAD | 0x00080000 | Reserved for future use. |
| IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES | 0x00100000 | Align data on a 1 byte boundary. This is valid for object files only. |
| IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES | 0x00200000 | Align data on a 2 byte boundary. This is valid for object files only. |
| IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES | 0x00300000 | Align data on a 4 byte boundary. This is valid for object files only. |
| IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8BYTES | 0x00400000 | Align data on a 8 byte boundary. This is valid for object files only. |
| IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES | 0x00500000 | Align data on a 16 byte boundary. This is valid for object files only. |
| IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES | 0x00600000 | Align data on a 32 byte boundary. This is valid for object files only. |
| IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES | 0x00700000 | Align data on a 64 byte boundary. This is valid for object files only. |
| IMAGE_SCN_LNK_OVFL | 0x01000000 | Section contains extended relocations. |
| IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE | 0x02000000 | Section can be discarded as needed. |
| IMAGE_SCN_MEM_NOT_CACHED | 0x04000000 | Section cannot be cached. |
| IMAGE_SCN_MEM_NOT_PAGED | 0x08000000 | Section is not pageable. |
| IMAGE_SCN_MEM_SHARED | 0x10000000 | Section can be shared in memory. |
| IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE | 0x20000000 | Section can be executed as code. |
| IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 0x40000000 | Section can be read. |
| IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 0x80000000 | Section can be written to. |