98b064c4-c9ff-4cac-a6b6-a24964b70923
chinese_cheat_driver.sys

Description
chinese_cheat_driver.sys is a vulnerable kernel driver from the KeServiceDescriptorTable/vulnerable-drivers repository. The driver exposes dangerous kernel primitives to usermode. Public exploit research documents IOCTL 0x222000 for arbitrary kernel virtual memory reads, IOCTL 0x222018 for physical memory reads, and IOCTL 0x22201C for physical memory writes, which can be chained for local privilege escalation from an administrator context to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.
- UUID: 98b064c4-c9ff-4cac-a6b6-a24964b70923
- Created: 2026-04-17
- Author: Michael Haag
- Acknowledgement: | [@rainbowdynamix, @DbgPrint](https://twitter.com/@rainbowdynamix, @DbgPrint)
This download link contains the vulnerable driver!
Commands
sc.exe create chinese_cheat_driver binPath=C:\windows\temp\chinese_cheat_driver.sys type=kernel && sc.exe start chinese_cheat_driver
| Use Case | Privileges | Operating System |
|---|---|---|
| Elevate privileges | kernel | Windows 10 |
Detections
YARA 🏹
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with header and size limitation
without header and size limitation
for renamed driver files
Resources
Known Vulnerable Samples
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Filename | chinese_cheat_driver.sys |
| Creation Timestamp | 2025-05-09 00:22:10 |
| MD5 | 3ee985c5fd1f5784e15a4d11b3ca70a1 |
| SHA1 | 33148c93465908ddad71cf189e22091dc0058ac4 |
| SHA256 | 4f412f9aa89994cda45422d23d6d961809225de9a4f5a8bfbfb9ac0e8725917e |
| Authentihash MD5 | f6877a3e31a1d73e1856e3f4c359f244 |
| Authentihash SHA1 | 7cf1b8c874055b230ad0706fcef8e4cb61ece130 |
| Authentihash SHA256 | 50f22cdd309f5c3d77f39a27586cd26ccd04294879ea04da4c175a9cb7519284 |
| RichPEHeaderHash MD5 | e1269ee101378fb4838e04997a1115c6 |
| RichPEHeaderHash SHA1 | 2a2801723dbc1b99008fb3ce8737d08a6f1df7ba |
| RichPEHeaderHash SHA256 | 192b9647e43222f59d11db9cb5e71cfcaf408e17ab34a857dc9a48ced94d290d |
Certificates
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Certificate 330000006e1229856f0ade6cfc00000000006e
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ToBeSigned (TBS) MD5 | 3066a9830894e57ce6e47f7a6b58b84f |
| ToBeSigned (TBS) SHA1 | ce441ecd2f11e400515a85d5a592da38f950f3dc |
| ToBeSigned (TBS) SHA256 | 3e30a731a3b620db0971ecd743ecd312bcdf14c82b9bdc9918102bacbf70520d |
| Subject | C=US, ST=Washington, L=Redmond, O=Microsoft Corporation, CN=Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher |
| ValidFrom | 2024-10-10 19:04:53 |
| ValidTo | 2025-10-08 19:04:53 |
| Signature | 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 |
| SignatureAlgorithmOID | 1.2.840.113549.1.1.11 |
| IsCertificateAuthority | False |
| SerialNumber | 330000006e1229856f0ade6cfc00000000006e |
| Version | 3 |
Certificate 330000000d690d5d7893d076df00000000000d
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ToBeSigned (TBS) MD5 | 83f69422963f11c3c340b81712eef319 |
| ToBeSigned (TBS) SHA1 | 0c5e5f24590b53bc291e28583acb78e5adc95601 |
| ToBeSigned (TBS) SHA256 | d8be9e4d9074088ef818bc6f6fb64955e90378b2754155126feebbbd969cf0ae |
| Subject | C=US, ST=Washington, L=Redmond, O=Microsoft Corporation, CN=Microsoft Windows Third Party Component CA 2014 |
| ValidFrom | 2014-10-15 20:31:27 |
| ValidTo | 2029-10-15 20:41:27 |
| Signature | 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 |
| SignatureAlgorithmOID | 1.2.840.113549.1.1.11 |
| IsCertificateAuthority | True |
| SerialNumber | 330000000d690d5d7893d076df00000000000d |
| Version | 3 |
Imports
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- ntoskrnl.exe
Imported Functions
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- RtlInitUnicodeString
- ExAllocatePool
- ExFreePoolWithTag
- IofCompleteRequest
- IoCreateDevice
- IoCreateSymbolicLink
- IoDeleteDevice
- IoDeleteSymbolicLink
- ObfDereferenceObject
- PsLookupProcessByProcessId
- PsGetProcessSectionBaseAddress
- ZwQuerySystemInformation
- IoCreateDriver
- ExAllocatePoolWithTag
- MmUnmapIoSpace
- MmMapIoSpaceEx
- ZwClose
- MmGetPhysicalMemoryRanges
- MmCopyMemory
- MmGetVirtualForPhysical
- KeStackAttachProcess
- KeUnstackDetachProcess
- ObOpenObjectByPointer
- ZwAllocateVirtualMemory
- ZwQueryVirtualMemory
- ZwQueryInformationProcess
- ZwProtectVirtualMemory
Exported Functions
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Sections
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- .text
- .rdata
- .data
- .pdata
- INIT
- .reloc
Signature
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{
"Certificates": [
{
"CertificateType": "Leaf (Code Signing)",
"IsCA": false,
"IsCertificateAuthority": false,
"IsCodeSigning": true,
"SerialNumber": "330000006e1229856f0ade6cfc00000000006e",
"Signature": "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",
"SignatureAlgorithmOID": "1.2.840.113549.1.1.11",
"Subject": "C=US, ST=Washington, L=Redmond, O=Microsoft Corporation, CN=Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher",
"TBS": {
"MD5": "3066a9830894e57ce6e47f7a6b58b84f",
"SHA1": "ce441ecd2f11e400515a85d5a592da38f950f3dc",
"SHA256": "3e30a731a3b620db0971ecd743ecd312bcdf14c82b9bdc9918102bacbf70520d",
"SHA384": "68c6537d64e3a4f02a2c1d04257c13ab1def23c9c54bafc434176be50a411a75c118c9f8edc81f97b8a1db2dc1d009e3"
},
"ValidFrom": "2024-10-10 19:04:53",
"ValidTo": "2025-10-08 19:04:53",
"Version": 3
},
{
"CertificateType": "CA",
"IsCA": true,
"IsCertificateAuthority": true,
"IsCodeSigning": false,
"SerialNumber": "330000000d690d5d7893d076df00000000000d",
"Signature": "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",
"SignatureAlgorithmOID": "1.2.840.113549.1.1.11",
"Subject": "C=US, ST=Washington, L=Redmond, O=Microsoft Corporation, CN=Microsoft Windows Third Party Component CA 2014",
"TBS": {
"MD5": "83f69422963f11c3c340b81712eef319",
"SHA1": "0c5e5f24590b53bc291e28583acb78e5adc95601",
"SHA256": "d8be9e4d9074088ef818bc6f6fb64955e90378b2754155126feebbbd969cf0ae",
"SHA384": "260ad59ba706420f68ba212931153bd89f760c464b21be55fba9d014fff322407859d4ebfb78ea9a3330f60dc9821a63"
},
"ValidFrom": "2014-10-15 20:31:27",
"ValidTo": "2029-10-15 20:41:27",
"Version": 3
}
],
"CertificatesInfo": "",
"Signer": [
{
"Issuer": "C=US, ST=Washington, L=Redmond, O=Microsoft Corporation, CN=Microsoft Windows Third Party Component CA 2014",
"SerialNumber": "330000006e1229856f0ade6cfc00000000006e",
"Version": 1
}
],
"SignerInfo": ""
}
last_updated: 2026-07-10
