+ TDL designed only for x64 Windows, Vista not listed as supported because it is obsolete.
+ Administrative privilege is required.
+ Loaded drivers MUST BE specially designed to run as "driverless".
+ No SEH support for target drivers.
+ No driver unloading.
+ Only ntoskrnl import resolved, everything else is up to you.
+ Dummy driver examples provided.
You use it at your own risk. Some lazy AV may flag this loader as malware.
# Differences between DSEFix and TDL
While both DSEFix and TDL uses advantage of driver exploit they completely different on way of it use.
+ DSEFix manipulate kernel variable called g_CiEnabled (Vista/7, ntoskrnl.exe) and/or g_CiOptions (8+. CI.DLL). Main advantage of DSEFix is it simplicity - you turn DSE off - load your driver (or patched one) and nothing else required. Main disadvantage of DSEFix is that on the modern version of Windows (8+) g_CiOptions variable is subject of PatchGuard (KPP) protection, which mean DSEFix is a potential BSOD-generator.
+ TDL does not patch any kernel variables, which makes it friendly to PatchGuard. It uses small shellcode which maps your driver to kernel mode without involving Windows loader (and as result without triggering any parts of DSE) and executes it. This is main advantage of TDL - non invasive bypass of DSE. There are many disadvantages however - the first and main -> your driver MUST BE specially created to run as "driverless" which mean you will be unable to load *any* driver but only specially designed. Your driver will exist in kernel mode as executable code buffer, it won't be linked to PsLoadedModuleList, there will be other limitations. However this code will work at kernel mode and user mode application will be able communicate with it. You can load multiple drivers, of course if they are not conflict with each other.
It uses WinNT/Turla VirtualBox kernel mode exploit technique to write code to the kernel memory and after execute this code. TDL uses custom bootstrap shellcode to map your specially designed driver and call it entry point (DriverEntry), note that DriverEntry parameters will be invalid and must not be used. Examples of specially designed drivers available as DummyDrv and DummyDrv2. Your DriverEntry will run at IRQL PASSIVE_LEVEL up to Windows 10 RS1. Starting from Windows 10 RS2 your DriverEntry code runs on IRQL DISPATCH_LEVEL.
In order to build from source you need Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 U1 and later versions. For driver builds you need Microsoft Windows Driver Kit 8.1 and/or above.
