README.md

PoC for the SWAPGS attack (CVE-2019-1125)

This repository holds the sources for the SWAPGS attack PoC publicly shown at Black Hat USA, 2019.

Contents

• leakgsbkva - variant 1 (look for random values in kernel memory; limited to PE kernel image header)
• leakgsbkvat - variant 2 (extract random values from kernel memory; limited to PE kernel image header)
• whitepaper
• Black Hat USA 2019 presentation

Prerequisites

1. Visual Studio 2015
2. Unpatched Windows x64 (7 or newer)

Authors

• Andrei Vlad LUȚAȘ
• Dan Horea LUȚAȘ

Additional resources

Video Recording of presentation at Black Hat USA, 2019