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Havoc Process Terminator

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EXPLOITED CVES

Vulnerabilities exploited

3 CVEs Mallory has correlated with this family across public research and vendor advisories. Each row links to the full Mallory page for that vulnerability.

3 CVES
CVE-2023-52271Arbitrary PPL Process Termination in Topaz Antifraud wsftprm.sys

Researchers said the attackers used a new tool called Havoc Process Terminator to exploit a Huawei audio driver, tracked as HWAudioOs2Ec.sys.

via hackreadhackread.com
CVE-2025-61155Arbitrary Process Termination in Tower of Fantasy GameDriverX64.sys

Researchers said the attackers used a new tool called Havoc Process Terminator to exploit a Huawei audio driver, tracked as HWAudioOs2Ec.sys.

via hackreadhackread.com
CVE-2025-1055Improper Authorization in K7 Security K7RKScan.sys IOCTL Handler

Researchers said the attackers used a new tool called Havoc Process Terminator to exploit a Huawei audio driver, tracked as HWAudioOs2Ec.sys.

via hackreadhackread.com
MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

2 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.

Privilege Escalation

1 technique
T1068Exploitation for Privilege EscalationEvidence1

To disable security tools, the attackers used bring-your-own-vulnerable-driver (BYOVD) techniques, a method in which legitimate but vulnerable drivers are installed and abused to gain high-level system access.

Other

1 technique
T1562Impair DefensesEvidence1

To disable security tools, the attackers used bring-your-own-vulnerable-driver (BYOVD) techniques, a method in which legitimate but vulnerable drivers are installed and abused to gain high-level system access.

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Exploited vulnerabilities3

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MITRE ATT&CK mapping2

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Researcher chatter

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