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1 CVE Mallory has correlated with this family across public research and vendor advisories. Each row links to the full Mallory page for that vulnerability.
LunexLoader "employs a bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) attack for defense evasion. Specifically, it exploits a vulnerable AMD Radeon Software driver (PDFWKRNL.sys) susceptible to CVE-2023-20598 to escalate privileges and blind security processes." | The infection utilizes bogus MSI installers and a loader called LunexLoader, which bypasses User Account Control (UAC) and employs a bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) attack for defense evasion.
7 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.
2 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
A loader used in the Lunex infection chain. It bypasses UAC and abuses a vulnerable AMD Radeon Software driver to escalate privileges and disable or blind security processes.
A Windows loader in the Lunex MaaS infection chain. It bypasses UAC through CMSTPLUA, performs BYOVD-based defense evasion using a vulnerable AMD Radeon Software kernel driver, escalates privileges, suppresses security-related kernel callbacks while keeping security processes running, and downloads the Psychedelic Stealer payload.
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Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.
CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.
Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.