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Direct Syscall invocation (NtProtectVirtualMemory) in x64 assembly

x64_assembler
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Vor 1 Monaten · Jul 20, 2026 7:07 PM
#1

Bypassing userland hooks on VirtualProtect by executing syscalls directly:

ASM
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; NTSTATUS Syscall_NtProtectVirtualMemory(HANDLE ProcessHandle, PVOID* BaseAddress, PSIZE_T RegionSize, ULONG NewProtect, PULONG OldProtect)
Syscall_NtProtectVirtualMemory proc
    mov r10, rcx             ; Syscall convention moves RCX -> R10
    mov eax, 50h             ; Syscall number for NtProtectVirtualMemory (Win 10/11)
    syscall
    ret
Syscall_NtProtectVirtualMemory endp
end

Executes kernel transition directly without jumping through hooked ntdll.dll stub!

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Vor 1 Monaten · Jul 20, 2026 9:07 PM
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To support different Windows builds dynamically, read the syscall number (SSN) from ntdll.dll export by parsing mov eax, SSN instruction bytes.

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Vor 1 Monaten · Jul 21, 2026 7:13 AM
#3

Direct syscalls bypass 100% of userland EDR API hooks.