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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Subverting Operating System Properties Through Evolutionary DKOM Attacks

Authors : Mariano Graziano, Lorenzo Flore, Andrea Lanzi, Davide Balzarotti

Published in: Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Modern rootkits have moved their focus on the exploitation of dynamic memory structures, which allows them to tamper with the behavior of the system without modifying or injecting any additional code.
In this paper we discuss a new class of Direct Kernel Object Manipulation (DKOM) attacks that we call Evolutionary DKOM (E-DKOM). The goal of this attack is to alter the way some data structures “evolve” over time. As case study, we designed and implemented an instance of Evolutionary DKOM attack that targets the OS scheduler for both userspace programs and kernel threads. Moreover, we discuss the implementation of a hypervisor-based data protection system that mimics the behavior of an OS component (in our case the scheduling system) and detect any unauthorized modification. We finally discuss the challenges related to the design of a general detection system for this class of attacks.

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Metadata
Title
Subverting Operating System Properties Through Evolutionary DKOM Attacks
Authors
Mariano Graziano
Lorenzo Flore
Andrea Lanzi
Davide Balzarotti
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-40666-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-40667-1

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40667-1_1

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