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ppa_x64.sys

ppa_x64.sys is a kernel driver by Remko Weijnen that provides physical memory access via the PhysicalMemory section object. The device name PhyMem indicates this is part of the PhyMem driver family, of which several variants are already tracked in LOLDrivers (phymem64.sys, Phymemx64.sys, phymem_ext64.sys). The driver is available in the KeServiceDescriptorTable/vulnerable-drivers repository.

UUID / d6dc9b52-9918-442d-b03a-f1f614aa4cceADDED / 2026-04-17AUTHOR / Michael Haag

Known samples 1

0 recorded TRUE · 1 recorded FALSE · 0 unknown for loading despite HVCI. Results apply to individual samples.

ppa_x64.sysSample 1 · HVCI FALSE
MD5
9851c3d7aee98aa0d712c50e9ca20eb9
SHA1
513e8fc423ce2737843053852a0a672c43d2db9e
SHA256
988960e31a258ea71cf93a7791ae8c91c8cefb6ad8a50cdbd1b07f73b524aa61
Imphash
8e01c1742ba7ebcbb0d61dd1ca8a6e91
Authentihash MD5
a7c7afe04a23793de0fe3b0d99cc20bd
Authentihash SHA1
ce465a42be6f19ca8e99c23b78c42b6073c8b673
Authentihash SHA256
5721c075bfec3ce946b8a96a58551a765be294212eaf27e5ffd6b738baef57d3
Machine
AMD64
Version
Not recorded
Publisher
Not recorded

Recorded command

sc.exe create ppa_x64 binPath=C:\windows\temp\ppa_x64.sys type=kernel && sc.exe start ppa_x64

Elevate privileges · Privileges: kernel · OS: Windows 10

Research & references

Acknowledgement: @rainbowdynamix, @DbgPrint