Analysis of K7RKScan.sys: vulnerable verdict, risk score 78/100. 3 YARA matches, 10/75 multi-engine detections. SHA256 b16e217cdca19e00. Kernel imports, IOCTL codes, MITRE ATT&CK, and code-signing details.
DriverShield analyzed the Windows kernel driver K7RKScan.sys and assigned a verdict of Vulnerable with a composite risk score of 78/100, indicating a known or likely vulnerability surface (60-79 band).
| Verdict | Vulnerable (78/100) |
| YARA matches | 3 |
| Multi-engine detections | 10 / 75 |
| File size | 27936 bytes |
| Code-signing signer | Symantec Time Stamping Services CA - G2 |
| Analyzed | 2026-09-06 |
| SHA256 | b16e217cdca19e00c1b68bdfb28ead53b20adeabd6edcd91542f9fbf48942877 |
| SHA1 | 468121e7d6952799f92940677268937c4c5f92ed |
| MD5 | 9b04a93e05ccff94667f04bffa7af600 |
Version resource data embedded in the K7RKScan.sys PE header, as extracted by the analysis engine.
| File description | K7RKScan Kernel Module |
|---|---|
| Product | K7RKScan |
| Company | K7 Computing Pvt. Ltd. |
| Original filename | K7RKScan |
| Internal name | K7RKScan.sys |
| File version | 15.1.0.6 |
| Copyright | Copyright (C) 2003-2015 K7 Computing Pvt. Ltd. |
Each component is scored 0-100 and then weighted into the composite. See the analysis methodology for the exact formula.
| Component | Sub-score |
|---|---|
| Multi-engine consensus | 0 / 100 |
| YARA signature matches | 100 / 100 |
| Dangerous kernel imports | 100 / 100 |
| IOCTL dispatch surface | 24 / 100 |
| Known-vulnerable corpus | 100 / 100 |
| Code-signing state | 80 / 100 |
| Packing and entropy | 0 / 100 |
| Dynamic behaviour | 0 / 100 |
| CVE cross-reference | 0 / 100 |
Kernel-mode APIs resolved from the Import Address Table of K7RKScan.sys, ranked by exploitation relevance.
| API | Risk | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| MmMapLockedPagesSpecifyCache | critical | Highly dangerous - potential for arbitrary code execution, memory corruption, or process termination |
| ZwTerminateProcess | critical | Highly dangerous - potential for arbitrary code execution, memory corruption, or process termination |
| MmGetSystemRoutineAddress | high | Potentially dangerous - could be used for privilege escalation or security bypass |
| PsLookupProcessByProcessId | high | Potentially dangerous - could be used for privilege escalation or security bypass |
| KeBugCheckEx | medium | Moderate risk - system modification capability |
| ObOpenObjectByPointer | medium | Moderate risk - system modification capability |
| ZwDeleteKey | medium | Moderate risk - system modification capability |
| IoGetDeviceObjectPointer | medium | Moderate risk - system modification capability |
| KeDelayExecutionThread | low | Standard kernel API - generally benign |
| KeInitializeEvent | low | Standard kernel API - generally benign |
| KeSetEvent | low | Standard kernel API - generally benign |
| ExAllocatePoolWithTag | low | Standard kernel API - generally benign |
| KeWaitForSingleObject | low | Standard kernel API - generally benign |
| RtlInitUnicodeString | low | Standard kernel API - generally benign |
| IoCreateSymbolicLink | low | Standard kernel API - generally benign |
| IoDeleteDevice | low | Standard kernel API - generally benign |
| ZwClose | low | Standard kernel API - generally benign |
| ZwOpenKey | low | Standard kernel API - generally benign |
| ZwOpenFile | low | Standard kernel API - generally benign |
| DbgPrint | low | Standard kernel API - generally benign |
| IoCreateDevice | low | Standard kernel API - generally benign |
| IoDeleteSymbolicLink | low | Standard kernel API - generally benign |
| IofCompleteRequest | low | Standard kernel API - generally benign |
Control codes reachable through the driver dispatch routine. Codes tied to published exploit code are flagged, since they are the primary Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) entry points.
| Code | Severity | Transfer | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0x002200F0 | medium | METHOD_BUFFERED | FILE_DEVICE_UNKNOWN Function #60 |
| 0x0034E23D | medium | METHOD_IN_DIRECT | FILE_DEVICE_DISK Function #2191 |
| 0x0022FB15 | medium | METHOD_IN_DIRECT | FILE_DEVICE_UNKNOWN Function #3781 |
| 0x0080BA41 | medium | METHOD_IN_DIRECT | FILE_DEVICE_CUSTOM Function #3728 |
| 0x0080C481 | medium | METHOD_IN_DIRECT | FILE_DEVICE_CUSTOM Function #288 |
| 0x0080878D | medium | METHOD_IN_DIRECT | FILE_DEVICE_CUSTOM Function #483 |
| 0x0080BA48 | medium | METHOD_BUFFERED | FILE_DEVICE_CUSTOM Function #3730 |
| 0x00340394 | medium | METHOD_BUFFERED | FILE_DEVICE_DISK Function #229 |
Section layout and Shannon entropy. High entropy in a code section is a packing or encryption indicator.
| Section | Virtual size | Raw size | Entropy | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| .text | 0x2EF4 | 0x3000 | 6.13 | CODE, EXEC, READ |
| .rdata | 0x043C | 0x0600 | 3.53 | IDATA, READ |
| .data | 0x01BD | 0x0200 | 0.53 | IDATA, READ, WRITE |
| .pdata | 0x015C | 0x0200 | 2.89 | IDATA, READ |
| INIT | 0x053E | 0x0600 | 4.62 | CODE, EXEC, READ, WRITE, DISCARD |
| .rsrc | 0x03F8 | 0x0400 | 3.28 | IDATA, READ, DISCARD |
| .reloc | 0x003C | 0x0200 | 0.12 | IDATA, READ, DISCARD |
| Control Flow Guard | Not enabled |
|---|---|
| ASLR | Not enabled |
| DEP | Not enabled |
| Integrity check | Not enforced |
| Mitigation score | 5 / 100 |
| Rule | Severity | Detects |
|---|---|---|
| PUA_VULN_Driver_Kcomputingpvtltd_Krkscansys_Krkscan_B16E | medium | Detects vulnerable driver mentioned in known-vulnerable driver corpus project using VersionInfo values from the PE header - K7RKScan.sys. Investigate matches in context: expected filenames or standard... |
| BYOVD_ProcKill | critical | Process termination EDR killer |
| MAL_EDRKiller | critical | Generic EDR killer pattern |
Techniques this driver could enable if loaded by an adversary.
| ID | Technique | Tactic |
|---|---|---|
| T1003.001 | OS Credential Dumping: LSASS Memory | Credential Access |
| T1055.001 | Process Injection: DLL Injection | Defense Evasion |
| T1055.012 | Process Hollowing | Defense Evasion |
| T1068 | Exploitation for Privilege Escalation | Privilege Escalation |
| T1071 | Application Layer Protocol | Command and Control |
| T1211 | Exploitation for Defense Evasion | Defense Evasion |
| T1489 | Service Stop | Impact |
| T1543.003 | Windows Service | Persistence |
| T1553.002 | Subvert Trust Controls: Code Signing | Defense Evasion |
| T1562.001 | Disable/Modify Tools | Defense Evasion |
| T1569.002 | Service Execution | Execution |
| T1652 | Device Driver Discovery | Discovery |
| Signer | Symantec Time Stamping Services CA - G2 |
|---|---|
| Signer organisation | Symantec Corporation |
| Issuer | Thawte Timestamping CA |
| Serial | 7E93EBFB7CC64E59EA4B9A77D406FC3B |
| Valid from | 2012-12-21 00:00 UTC |
| Valid until | 2020-12-30 23:59 UTC (expired) |
| Signature validity | Not verified |
Engine angr, status completed, 12 paths explored at a maximum depth of 12. Vulnerability classes reached: 0. Exploitable paths: 0.
Corpus match: this hash is present in the known-vulnerable driver corpus DriverShield cross-references during analysis, which is why the score carries a full weighting on that component.
Based on DriverShield static and dynamic analysis, K7RKScan.sys is flagged as vulnerable and is a potential Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) risk. Its composite risk score is 78/100 (verdict: vulnerable). Always validate findings independently before acting.
K7RKScan.sys has a DriverShield composite risk score of 78/100, placing it in the vulnerable verdict band. SHA256: b16e217cdca19e00c1b68bdfb28ead53b20adeabd6edcd91542f9fbf48942877.
K7RKScan.sys is a Windows kernel-mode driver (.sys) analyzed by DriverShield for vulnerabilities, BYOVD abuse potential, and malware indicators. It is code-signed by Symantec Time Stamping Services CA - G2.
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