Kernel rootkit, that lives inside the Windows registry value data.
By Oleksiuk Dmytro (aka Cr4sh)
http://twitter.com/d_olex
http://blog.cr4.sh
cr4sh0@gmail.com
Rootkit uses the zero day vulnerability in win32k.sys (buffer overflow in function win32k!bInitializeEUDC()) to get the execution at the OS startup.
Features:
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NDIS-based network backdoor (+ meterpreter/bind_tcp).
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In order to avoid unknown executable code detection it moves itself in the memory over discardable sections of some default Windows drivers.
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Completely undetectable by public anti-rootkit tools.
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Working on Windows 7 (SP0, SP1) x86.
This rootkit was originally presented at the ZeroNights 2012 conference during my talk.
See the slides and videos for more information: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cr4sh/blog/master/windows-registry-rootkit/Applied-anti-forensics.pdf