LKM rootkit for Linux Kernels 2.6.x/3.x/4.x/5.x/6.x (x86/x86_64 and ARM64)
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LKM rootkit for Linux Kernels 2.6.x/3.x/4.x/5.x/6.x (x86/x86_64 and ARM64)
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🍂Android aarch64 kernel rootkit(driver module)
A rootkit for Android.
An example rootkit that gives a userland process root permissions
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A quick LKM rootkit that executes a reverse TCP netcat shell with root privileges.
Utility to find hidden Linux kernel modules
Ftrace Based Linux Loadable Kernel Module Rootkit for Linux Kernel 5.x up to linux kernel 6.2 on x86_64, hides files, hides process, hides bind shell & reverse shell port, privilege escalation, cleans up logs and bash history during installation - developed by Antonius in 2023 manually
64-bit LKM Rootkit builder based on yaml prescription. Working on 5.15.5 kernel
Linux Loadable Kernel Module Rootkit for Linux Kernel 5.x up to linux kernel 6.8 on x86_64, hides files, hides process, hides bind shell & reverse shell port, privilege escalation, cleans up logs and bash history during installation
Examples on Linux Kernel Modules Hacking
A LKM (Loadable Kernel Module) to execute a command as root; I include a example of using netcat and a compiled(with source and steps on how to compile) reverse shell provided in C.
A ring0 Loadable Kernel Module (Linux) to log all commnds run on the system.
Linux Kernel Rookit Hooking Mechanism
fuxSocy is a linux rootkit made in c and works via system hooking (ftrace)
Author of Project Adrishya a rootkit which use ftrace mechanism to hook syscall; (write this because God commanded me); work for both x86_64 and arm; CREDIT-(Oleksii Lozovskyi{ilammy})FOUNDER OF FTRACE HOOKING
Cross-view LKM rootkit detector — proves Elastic Security EDR misses a hidden kernel module, detects it via /proc vs /sys diff
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