awesome-linux-rootkits

🔑 feature table

Environment:

• CPU architecture
• Kernel/User mode (or mixed)

Core capabilities:

• Persistency
• Management interface

Stealth capabilities:

• Detection evasion
• System logs cleaning (filtering)

Hiding stuff capabilities:

• Hiding of files and directories
• Hiding of processes and process trees
• Hiding of network connections and activity
• Hiding of process accounting information (like CPU usage)

Additional functions:

• Keylogger
• Backdoor/shell

🙈 user mode rootkits

• https://github.com/mempodippy/vlany

  Linux LD_PRELOAD rootkit (x86 and x86_64 architectures)

• https://github.com/unix-thrust/beurk

  BEURK is an userland preload rootkit for GNU/Linux, heavily focused around anti-debugging and anti-detection.

🙉 kernel mode rootkits

• https://github.com/f0rb1dd3n/Reptile

  Reptile is a LKM rootkit written for evil purposes that runs on Linux kernel 2.6.x/3.x/4.x

• https://github.com/QuokkaLight/rkduck

  rkduck - Rootkit for Linux v4

• https://github.com/mncoppola/suterusu

  An LKM rootkit targeting Linux 2.6.x/3.x on x86, and ARM

• https://github.com/nurupo/rootkit

  Linux rootkit for Ubuntu 16.04 and 10.04 (Linux Kernels 4.4.0 and 2.6.32), both i386 and amd64

• https://github.com/m0nad/Diamorphine 💩

  LKM rootkit for Linux Kernels 2.6.x/3.x/4.x (x86 and x86_64)

• https://github.com/ivyl/rootkit 💩

  Sample Rootkit for Linux