Analysis of zntport.sys: vulnerable verdict, risk score 72/100. 2 YARA matches, 0/75 multi-engine detections. SHA256 c653fe66aeb61708. Kernel imports, IOCTL codes, MITRE ATT&CK, and code-signing details.
DriverShield analyzed the Windows kernel driver zntport.sys and assigned a verdict of Vulnerable with a composite risk score of 72/100, indicating a known or likely vulnerability surface (60-79 band).
| Verdict | Vulnerable (72/100) |
| YARA matches | 2 |
| Multi-engine detections | 0 / 75 |
| File size | 23144 bytes |
| Code-signing signer | CLEVO CO. |
| Analyzed | 2026-09-06 |
| SHA256 | c653fe66aeb6170899ad8b405b7550e247490a2366bda828bfa3b2a2dc18fa91 |
| SHA1 | 86025bc313156397b0b5e3864106208898e27218 |
| MD5 | 1e712a45f50b2c7cc235e81fb7e06e8f |
Version resource data embedded in the zntport.sys PE header, as extracted by the analysis engine.
| File description | NTPort Library kernel driver |
|---|---|
| Product | NTPort Library |
| Company | Zeal SoftStudio |
| Original filename | zntport.sys |
| Internal name | zntport |
| File version | 2, 8, 3, 1 |
| Copyright | Copyright (c)1997-2007 Hai Li, Zeal SoftStudio. |
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 | 80 / 100 |
| Dangerous kernel imports | 96 / 100 |
| IOCTL dispatch surface | 6 / 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 zntport.sys, ranked by exploitation relevance.
| API | Risk | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| MmMapIoSpace | critical | Highly dangerous - potential for arbitrary code execution, memory corruption, or process termination |
| MmUnmapIoSpace | medium | Moderate risk - system modification capability |
| KeBugCheckEx | medium | Moderate risk - system modification capability |
| IoDeleteSymbolicLink | low | Standard kernel API - generally benign |
| IoDeleteDevice | low | Standard kernel API - generally benign |
| IofCompleteRequest | low | Standard kernel API - generally benign |
| RtlInitUnicodeString | low | Standard kernel API - generally benign |
| IoCreateDevice | low | Standard kernel API - generally benign |
| IoCreateSymbolicLink | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0x00344824 | medium | METHOD_BUFFERED | FILE_DEVICE_DISK Function #521 |
| 0x003403A8 | medium | METHOD_BUFFERED | FILE_DEVICE_DISK Function #234 |
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 | 0x0DD0 | 0x0E00 | 5.32 | CODE, EXEC, READ |
| .data | 0x0018 | 0x0080 | 0.9 | IDATA, READ, WRITE |
| .pdata | 0x0054 | 0x0080 | 2.29 | IDATA, READ |
| INIT | 0x01DC | 0x0200 | 4.25 | CODE, EXEC, READ, WRITE, DISCARD |
| .rsrc | 0x0408 | 0x0480 | 3.06 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BYOVD_MemRW | critical | Phys memory mapping + device creation |
| SUSP_PhysMem | high | Physical memory mapping |
Techniques this driver could enable if loaded by an adversary.
| ID | Technique | Tactic |
|---|---|---|
| T1003 | OS Credential Dumping | Credential Access |
| T1003.001 | OS Credential Dumping: LSASS Memory | Credential Access |
| T1006 | Direct Volume Access | Defense Evasion |
| T1055.012 | Process Hollowing | Defense Evasion |
| T1068 | Exploitation for Privilege Escalation | Privilege Escalation |
| T1071 | Application Layer Protocol | Command and Control |
| T1543.003 | Windows Service | Persistence |
| T1562.001 | Impair Defenses | Defense Evasion |
| T1569.002 | Service Execution | Execution |
| T1652 | Device Driver Discovery | Discovery |
| Signer | CLEVO CO. |
|---|---|
| Signer organisation | CLEVO CO. |
| Issuer | DigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2) |
| Serial | D91D62ED03DDA74E5EFE8D70AE793C9 |
| Valid from | 2018-08-21 00:00 UTC |
| Valid until | 2021-11-17 12:00 UTC (expired) |
| Signature validity | Not verified |
Engine angr, status completed, 100 paths explored at a maximum depth of 100. 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, zntport.sys is flagged as vulnerable and is a potential Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) risk. Its composite risk score is 72/100 (verdict: vulnerable). Always validate findings independently before acting.
zntport.sys has a DriverShield composite risk score of 72/100, placing it in the vulnerable verdict band. SHA256: c653fe66aeb6170899ad8b405b7550e247490a2366bda828bfa3b2a2dc18fa91.
zntport.sys is a Windows kernel-mode driver (.sys) analyzed by DriverShield for vulnerabilities, BYOVD abuse potential, and malware indicators. It is code-signed by CLEVO CO..
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