VectorKernel

PoCs for Kernelmode rootkit techniques research or education. Currently focusing on Windows OS. All modules support x64 family 64bit OS only.

Environment

All modules are tested in Windows 11 x64. To test drivers, following options can be used for the testing machine:

1. Enable Loading of Test Signed Drivers

2. Setting Up Kernel-Mode Debugging

Each options require to disable secure boot.

Modules

Detailed information is given in README.md in each project's directories. All modules are tested in Windows 11.

| Module Name | Description | | :--- | :--- | | BlockImageLoad | PoCs to block driver loading with Load Image Notify Callback method. | | BlockNewProc | PoCs to block new process with Process Notify Callback method. | | CreateToken | PoCs to get full privileged SYSTEM token with ZwCreateToken() API. | | DropProcAccess | PoCs to drop process handle access with Object Notify Callback. | | ElevateHandle | PoCs to elevate handle access with DKOM method. | | FileDirHide | PoCs to hide file/directory. | | GetFullPrivs | PoCs to get full privileges with DKOM method. | | GetKeyStroke | PoCs to log keyboard action with kernel driver. | | GetProcHandle | PoCs to get full access process handle from kernelmode. | | InjectLibrary | PoCs to perform DLL injection with Kernel APC Injection method. | | MemRead | PoCs to read arbitrary process memory. | | ModHide | PoCs to hide loaded kernel drivers with DKOM method. | | ProcHide | PoCs to hide process with DKOM method. | | ProcProtect | PoCs to manipulate Protected Process. | | QueryModule | PoCs to perform retrieving kernel driver loaded address information. | | StealToken | PoCs to perform token stealing from kernelmode. |

TODO

More PoCs especially about following things will be added later:

• Notify callback
• Filesystem mini-filter
• Network mini-filter

Recommended References

• Pavel Yosifovich, Windows Kernel Programming, 2nd Edition (Independently published, 2023)

• Bruce Dang, Alexandre Gazet, Elias Bachaalany, and Sébastien Josse, Practical Reverse Engineering: x86, x64, ARM, Windows Kernel, Reversing Tools, and Obfuscation (Wiley Publishing, 2014)

• Greg Hoglund, and Jamie Butler, Rootkits : Subverting the Windows Kernel (Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005)

• Bill Blunden, The Rootkit Arsenal: Escape and Evasion in the Dark Corners of the System, 2nd Edition (Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2012)

• Pavel Yosifovich, Mark E. Russinovich, Alex Ionescu, and David A. Solomon, Windows Internals, Part 1: System architecture, processes, threads, memory management, and more, 7th Edition (Microsoft Press, 2017)

• Andrea Allievi, Mark E. Russinovich, Alex Ionescu, and David A. Solomon, Windows Internals, Part 2, 7th Edition (Microsoft Press, 2021)

• Matt Hand, Evading EDR - The Definitive Guide to Defeating Endpoint Detection Systems (No Starch Press, 2023)