Windows Kernel Rootkit in Rust (shadow-rs) 🦀

Summary

• Notice
• Legal notice
• Overview
• Features
• Build Instructions
  • Driver
  • Client
• Setup Instructions
  • Enable Test Mode
  • Debug via Windbg
  • Create/Start Service
• Upcoming Features
• Credits & References

Notice

Warning

This project is under development.

Legal Notice

Warning

This project is for educational and research purposes. Malicious use of the software is strictly prohibited and discouraged. I am not responsible for any damage caused by improper use of the software.

Overview

This project, called shadow-rs, is designed to create a rootkit in the Windows kernel using the Rust language. The aim is to demonstrate advanced techniques for developing rootkits, taking advantage of the security and performance features of the Rust language.

Features

Process

• Process (Hide / Unhide) ✅
• Process Signature (PP / PPL) ✅
• Process Protection (Anti-Kill / Dumping) ✅
• Elevate Process to System ✅
• Terminate Process ✅
• Lists protected and hidden processes currently on the system ✅

Thread

• Thread (Hide / Unhide) ✅
• Thread Protection (Anti-Kill) ✅
• Lists protected and hidden threads currently on the system ✅

Driver

• Driver (Hide / Unhide) ✅
• Enumerate Driver ✅

Driver Signature Enforcement (DSE)

• DSE (Enable / Disable) ✅

Keylogger

• Keylogger (Start / Stop) ✅

Callbacks

• List / Remove / Restore Callbacks
  • PsSetCreateProcessNotifyRoutine ✅
  • PsSetCreateThreadNotifyRoutine ✅
  • PsSetLoadImageNotifyRoutine ✅

Module

• Enumerate Module ✅

Registry

• Registry Protection (Anti-Deletion e Overwriting) ✅

Injection Shellcode

• Process Injection (ZwCreateThreadEx) ✅
• APC Injection ✅

Build Instructions

To build the project, ensure you have the Rust toolchain installed.

Driver

To build the driver, first go into the driver folder, then run the following command:

cargo make default --release

This driver can be manually mapped using kdmapper, for example, to put the mapping support, use the command:

cargo make default --release --features mapper

Client

To build the client, first go into the client folder, then run the following command:

cargo build --release

Since some rootkit features are not supported due to manual driver mapping, use the following command to build the client with only the commands that can be performed with manual mapping:

cargo build --release --features mapper

Setup Instructions

Enable Test Mode or Test Signing Mode

bcdedit /set testsigning on

[Optional] Debug via Windbg

bcdedit /debug on
bcdedit /dbgsettings net hostip:<IP> port:<PORT>

Create / Start Service

You can use Service Control Manager or OSR Driver Loader to load your driver.

Upcoming Features

These are some of the features that will be added, but there are many more on the way

Callbacks

• CmRegisterCallbackEx ❌
• ObRegisterCallbacks ❌

Registry

• Hide Key and Values ❌

Module

• Hide Module ❌

Port

• Hide port ❌

File

• Hide File / Directory ❌
• Anti-Deletion e Overwriting ❌

Credits & References

• https://leanpub.com/windowskernelprogrammingsecondedition
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Rx3crobZU&pp=ugMICgJwdBABGAHKBRBibGFja2hhdCByb290a2l0
• https://github.com/memN0ps/eagle-rs
• https://www.amazon.com/Rootkits-Bootkits-Reversing-Malware-Generation/dp/1593277164
• https://github.com/Idov31/Nidhogg
• https://www.unknowncheats.me/
• https://www.amazon.com.br/Rootkit-Arsenal-Escape-Evasion-Corners/dp/144962636X
• https://github.com/eversinc33/Banshee
• https://synzack.github.io/Blinding-EDR-On-Windows/
• https://github.com/JKornev/hidden
• https://www.amazon.com.br/Rootkits-Subverting-Windows-Greg-Hoglund/dp/0321294319
• https://github.com/mirror/reactos
• https://github.com/Kharos102/ReadWriteDriverSample