ANALYSIS OF THE ATTACK SURFACE OF WINDOWS 10 VIRTUALIZATION-BASED SECURITY
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Summary • Despite its limited scope, VBS is useful • A lot of effort by MS to make it as secure as possible; still, unusual attack surface • VTd, TPM strictly necessary (with secureboot) • SMM vulnerabilities the greatest threat
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- Page 17 and 18: VBS-enforced code integrity • Win
- Page 19 and 20: Mixing signed & unsigned code • C
- Page 21 and 22: Kernel HVCI and kernel exploits •
- Page 23 and 24: Kernel HVCI bypass, MS16-066
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- Page 27 and 28: Root partition privileges • Acces
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- Page 31 and 32: Problem 1 - unfiltered MMCFG • MM
- Page 33 and 34: Problem 2 - chipset registers • S
- Page 35 and 36: S4 sleep • S4 is even more fragil
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- Page 41: SMM abuse example
- Page 45 and 46: Extra slides: Non-VBS-specific •
- Page 47: Other funny chipset capabilities
Summary<br />
• Despite its limited scope, VBS is useful<br />
• A lot of effort by MS to make it as secure as<br />
possible; still, unusual attack surface<br />
• VTd, TPM strictly necessary (with secureboot)<br />
• SMM vulnerabilities the greatest threat
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