Posted by Piotr Bania on May 09
ABSTRACT
Recent Microsoft security bulletins show that kernel vulnerabilities are
becoming more and more important security threats. Despite the pretty
extensive security mitigations many of the kernel vulnerabilities are
still exploitable. Successful kernel exploitation typically grants the
attacker maximum privilege level and results in total machine
compromise.
To protect against kernel exploitation, we have developed a tool which
statically…
Source: PAPER: Securing The Kernel via Static Binary Rewriting and Program Shepherding