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| `VM::HYPERVISOR_BIT` | Check if hypervisor feature bit in CPUID ECX bit 31 is enabled (always false for physical CPUs) | 🐧🪟🍏 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L4871) |
| `VM::HYPERVISOR_STR` | Check for hypervisor brand string length (would be around 2 characters in a host machine) | 🐧🪟🍏 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L4897) |
| `VM::TIMER` | Check for timing anomalies in the system | 🐧🪟🍏 | 150% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5083) |
-| `VM::THREAD_COUNT` | Check if there are only 1 or 2 threads, which is a common pattern in VMs with default settings, nowadays physical CPUs should have at least 4 threads for modern CPUs | 🐧🪟🍏 | 35% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7625) |
-| `VM::MAC` | Check if mac address starts with certain VM designated values | 🐧 | 20% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5691) |
-| `VM::TEMPERATURE` | Check for device's temperature | 🐧 | 20% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6542) |
-| `VM::SYSTEMD` | Check result from systemd-detect-virt tool | 🐧 | 35% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5572) |
-| `VM::CVENDOR` | Check if the chassis vendor is a VM vendor | 🐧 | 65% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5596) |
-| `VM::CTYPE` | Check if the chassis type is valid (it's very often invalid in VMs) | 🐧 | 20% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5621) |
-| `VM::DOCKERENV` | Check if /.dockerenv or /.dockerinit file is present | 🐧 | 30% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5639) |
-| `VM::DMIDECODE` | Check if dmidecode output matches a VM brand | 🐧 | 55% | Admin | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5654) |
-| `VM::DMESG` | Check if dmesg output matches a VM brand | 🐧 | 55% | Admin | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5797) |
-| `VM::HWMON` | Check if /sys/class/hwmon/ directory is present. If not, likely a VM | 🐧 | 35% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5838) |
-| `VM::DLL` | Check for VM-specific DLLs | 🪟 | 50% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7925) |
-| `VM::HWMODEL` | Check if the sysctl for the hwmodel does not contain the "Mac" string | 🍏 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7649) |
-| `VM::WINE_FUNC` | Check if the function "wine_get_unix_file_name" is present and if the OS booted from a VHD container | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7956) |
-| `VM::POWER_CAPABILITIES` | Check what power states are enabled | 🪟 | 45% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7982) |
-| `VM::PROCESSES` | Check for any VM processes that are active | 🐧 | 40% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6553) |
-| `VM::LINUX_USER_HOST` | Check for default VM username and hostname for linux | 🐧 | 10% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5848) |
-| `VM::GAMARUE` | Check for Gamarue ransomware technique which compares VM-specific Window product IDs | 🪟 | 10% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8042) |
+| `VM::THREAD_COUNT` | Check if there are only 1 or 2 threads, which is a common pattern in VMs with default settings, nowadays physical CPUs should have at least 4 threads for modern CPUs | 🐧🪟🍏 | 35% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7590) |
+| `VM::MAC` | Check if mac address starts with certain VM designated values | 🐧 | 20% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5656) |
+| `VM::TEMPERATURE` | Check for device's temperature | 🐧 | 20% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6507) |
+| `VM::SYSTEMD` | Check result from systemd-detect-virt tool | 🐧 | 35% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5537) |
+| `VM::CVENDOR` | Check if the chassis vendor is a VM vendor | 🐧 | 65% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5561) |
+| `VM::CTYPE` | Check if the chassis type is valid (it's very often invalid in VMs) | 🐧 | 20% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5586) |
+| `VM::DOCKERENV` | Check if /.dockerenv or /.dockerinit file is present | 🐧 | 30% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5604) |
+| `VM::DMIDECODE` | Check if dmidecode output matches a VM brand | 🐧 | 55% | Admin | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5619) |
+| `VM::DMESG` | Check if dmesg output matches a VM brand | 🐧 | 55% | Admin | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5762) |
+| `VM::HWMON` | Check if /sys/class/hwmon/ directory is present. If not, likely a VM | 🐧 | 35% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5803) |
+| `VM::DLL` | Check for VM-specific DLLs | 🪟 | 50% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7890) |
+| `VM::HWMODEL` | Check if the sysctl for the hwmodel does not contain the "Mac" string | 🍏 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7614) |
+| `VM::WINE_FUNC` | Check if the function "wine_get_unix_file_name" is present and if the OS booted from a VHD container | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7921) |
+| `VM::POWER_CAPABILITIES` | Check what power states are enabled | 🪟 | 45% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7947) |
+| `VM::PROCESSES` | Check for any VM processes that are active | 🐧 | 40% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6518) |
+| `VM::LINUX_USER_HOST` | Check for default VM username and hostname for linux | 🐧 | 10% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5813) |
+| `VM::GAMARUE` | Check for Gamarue ransomware technique which compares VM-specific Window product IDs | 🪟 | 10% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8007) |
| `VM::BOCHS_CPU` | Check for various Bochs-related emulation oversights through CPU checks | 🐧🪟🍏 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L4925) |
-| `VM::MAC_MEMSIZE` | Check if memory is too low for MacOS system | 🍏 | 15% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7685) |
-| `VM::MAC_IOKIT` | Check MacOS' IO kit registry for VM-specific strings | 🍏 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7718) |
-| `VM::IOREG_GREP` | Check for VM-strings in ioreg commands for MacOS | 🍏 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7815) |
-| `VM::MAC_SIP` | Check for the status of System Integrity Protection and hv_mm_present | 🍏 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7856) |
-| `VM::VPC_INVALID` | Check for official VPC method | 🪟 | 75% | | 32-bit | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8151) |
+| `VM::MAC_MEMSIZE` | Check if memory is too low for MacOS system | 🍏 | 15% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7650) |
+| `VM::MAC_IOKIT` | Check MacOS' IO kit registry for VM-specific strings | 🍏 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7683) |
+| `VM::IOREG_GREP` | Check for VM-strings in ioreg commands for MacOS | 🍏 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7780) |
+| `VM::MAC_SIP` | Check for the status of System Integrity Protection and hv_mm_present | 🍏 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7821) |
+| `VM::VPC_INVALID` | Check for official VPC method | 🪟 | 75% | | 32-bit | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8116) |
| `VM::SYSTEM_REGISTERS` | | | 50% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L1) |
-| `VM::VMWARE_IOMEM` | Check for VMware string in /proc/iomem | 🐧 | 65% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5877) |
-| `VM::VMWARE_IOPORTS` | Check for VMware string in /proc/ioports | 🐧 | 70% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6388) |
-| `VM::VMWARE_SCSI` | Check for VMware string in /proc/scsi/scsi | 🐧 | 40% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6186) |
-| `VM::VMWARE_DMESG` | Check for VMware-specific device name in dmesg output | 🐧 | 65% | Admin | | Disabled by default | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6205) |
-| `VM::VMWARE_STR` | Check str assembly instruction method for VMware | 🪟 | 35% | | 32-bit | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8202) |
-| `VM::VMWARE_BACKDOOR` | Check for official VMware io port backdoor technique | 🪟 | 100% | | 32-bit | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8227) |
-| `VM::MUTEX` | Check for mutex strings of VM brands | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8288) |
+| `VM::VMWARE_IOMEM` | Check for VMware string in /proc/iomem | 🐧 | 65% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5842) |
+| `VM::VMWARE_IOPORTS` | Check for VMware string in /proc/ioports | 🐧 | 70% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6353) |
+| `VM::VMWARE_SCSI` | Check for VMware string in /proc/scsi/scsi | 🐧 | 40% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6151) |
+| `VM::VMWARE_DMESG` | Check for VMware-specific device name in dmesg output | 🐧 | 65% | Admin | | Disabled by default | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6170) |
+| `VM::VMWARE_STR` | Check str assembly instruction method for VMware | 🪟 | 35% | | 32-bit | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8167) |
+| `VM::VMWARE_BACKDOOR` | Check for official VMware io port backdoor technique | 🪟 | 100% | | 32-bit | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8192) |
+| `VM::MUTEX` | Check for mutex strings of VM brands | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8253) |
| `VM::THREAD_MISMATCH` | Check if the system's thread count matches the expected thread count for the detected CPU model | 🐧🪟🍏 | 50% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5005) |
-| `VM::CUCKOO_DIR` | Check for cuckoo directory using crt and WIN API directory functions | 🪟 | 30% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8374) |
-| `VM::CUCKOO_PIPE` | Check for Cuckoo specific piping mechanism | 🪟 | 30% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8430) |
-| `VM::AZURE` | Check for default Azure hostname format (Azure uses Hyper-V as their base VM brand) | 🐧🪟 | 30% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6790) |
-| `VM::DISPLAY` | Check for display configurations commonly found in VMs | 🪟 | 25% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8484) |
-| `VM::DEVICE_STRING` | Check if bogus device string would be accepted | 🪟 | 25% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8506) |
-| `VM::BLUESTACKS_FOLDERS` | Check for the presence of BlueStacks-specific folders | 🐧 | 5% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5893) |
+| `VM::CUCKOO_DIR` | Check for cuckoo directory using crt and WIN API directory functions | 🪟 | 30% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8339) |
+| `VM::CUCKOO_PIPE` | Check for Cuckoo specific piping mechanism | 🪟 | 30% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8395) |
+| `VM::AZURE` | Check for default Azure hostname format (Azure uses Hyper-V as their base VM brand) | 🐧🪟 | 30% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6755) |
+| `VM::DISPLAY` | Check for display configurations commonly found in VMs | 🪟 | 25% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8449) |
+| `VM::DEVICE_STRING` | Check if bogus device string would be accepted | 🪟 | 25% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8471) |
+| `VM::BLUESTACKS_FOLDERS` | Check for the presence of BlueStacks-specific folders | 🐧 | 5% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5858) |
| `VM::CPUID_SIGNATURE` | Check for signatures in leaf 0x40000001 in CPUID | 🐧🪟🍏 | 95% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5033) |
| `VM::KGT_SIGNATURE` | Check for Intel KGT (Trusty branch) hypervisor signature in CPUID | 🐧🪟🍏 | 80% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5059) |
-| `VM::QEMU_VIRTUAL_DMI` | Check for presence of QEMU in the /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id directory | 🐧 | 40% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5974) |
-| `VM::QEMU_USB` | Check for presence of QEMU in the /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices directory | 🐧 | 20% | Admin | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6003) |
-| `VM::HYPERVISOR_DIR` | Check for presence of any files in /sys/hypervisor directory | 🐧 | 20% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6031) |
-| `VM::UML_CPU` | Check for the "UML" string in the CPU brand | 🐧 | 80% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6079) |
-| `VM::KMSG` | Check for any indications of hypervisors in the kernel message logs | 🐧 | 5% | Admin | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6109) |
-| `VM::VBOX_MODULE` | Check for a VBox kernel module | 🐧 | 15% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6163) |
-| `VM::SYSINFO_PROC` | Check for potential VM info in /proc/sysinfo | 🐧 | 15% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6239) |
-| `VM::DMI_SCAN` | Check for string matches of VM brands in the linux DMI | 🐧 | 50% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6261) |
-| `VM::SMBIOS_VM_BIT` | Check for the VM bit in the SMBIOS data | 🐧 | 50% | Admin | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6343) |
-| `VM::PODMAN_FILE` | Check for podman file in /run/ | 🐧 | 5% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6373) |
-| `VM::WSL_PROC` | Check for WSL or microsoft indications in /proc/ subdirectories | 🐧 | 30% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6405) |
-| `VM::DRIVERS` | Check for VM-specific names for drivers | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8523) |
-| `VM::DISK_SERIAL` | Check for serial numbers of virtual disks | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8621) |
-| `VM::IVSHMEM` | Check for IVSHMEM device presence | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8860) |
-| `VM::GPU_CAPABILITIES` | Check for GPU capabilities related to VMs | 🪟 | 45% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8966) |
-| `VM::HANDLES` | Check for vm-specific devices | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9004) |
-| `VM::QEMU_FW_CFG` | Detect QEMU fw_cfg interface. This first checks the Device Tree for a fw-cfg node or hypervisor tag, then verifies the presence of the qemu_fw_cfg module and firmware directories in sysfs. | 🐧 | 70% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6433) |
-| `VM::VIRTUAL_PROCESSORS` | Check if the number of virtual and logical processors are reported correctly by the system | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9106) |
-| `VM::HYPERVISOR_QUERY` | Check if a call to NtQuerySystemInformation with the 0x9f leaf fills a _SYSTEM_HYPERVISOR_DETAIL_INFORMATION structure | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9136) |
-| `VM::AMD_SEV_MSR` | Check for AMD-SEV MSR running on the system | 🐧🍏 | 50% | Admin | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5916) |
-| `VM::VIRTUAL_REGISTRY` | Check for particular object directory which is present in Sandboxie virtual environment but not in usual host systems | 🪟 | 90% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9204) |
-| `VM::FIRMWARE` | Check for VM signatures on all firmware tables | 🐧🪟 | 100% | Admin | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6850) |
-| `VM::FILE_ACCESS_HISTORY` | Check if the number of accessed files are too low for a human-managed environment | 🐧 | 15% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6463) |
-| `VM::AUDIO` | Check if no waveform-audio output devices are present in the system | 🪟 | 25% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9298) |
-| `VM::NSJAIL_PID` | Check if process status matches with nsjail patterns with PID anomalies | 🐧 | 75% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6490) |
-| `VM::DEVICES` | Check for PCI vendor and device IDs that are VM-specific | 🐧🪟 | 95% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7269) |
-| `VM::ACPI_SIGNATURE` | Check for VM-specific ACPI device signatures | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9406) |
-| `VM::TRAP` | Check if after raising two traps at the same RIP, a hypervisor interferes with the instruction pointer delivery | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9551) |
-| `VM::UD` | Check if no waveform-audio output devices are present in the system | 🪟 | 25% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9298) |
-| `VM::BLOCKSTEP` | Check if a hypervisor does not properly restore the interruptibility state after a VM-exit in compatibility mode | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9826) |
-| `VM::DBVM_HYPERCALL` | Check if Dark Byte's VM is present | 🪟 | 150% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9873) |
-| `VM::BOOT_LOGO` | Check boot logo for known VM images | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9992) |
-| `VM::MAC_SYS` | Check for VM-strings in system profiler commands for MacOS | 🍏 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7900) |
-| `VM::KERNEL_OBJECTS` | Check for any signs of VMs in Windows kernel object entities | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L10094) |
-| `VM::NVRAM` | Check for known NVRAM signatures that are present on virtual firmware | 🪟 | 100% | Admin | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L10284) |
-| `VM::EDID` | Check for non-standard EDID configurations | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L10723) |
-| `VM::CPU_HEURISTIC` | Check whether the CPU is genuine and its reported instruction capabilities are not masked | 🪟 | 90% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L10979) |
-| `VM::CLOCK` | Check the presence of system timers | 🪟 | 45% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L11448) |
-| `VM::MSR` | Check for AMD-SEV MSR running on the system | 🐧🍏 | 100% | Admin | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5916) |
+| `VM::QEMU_VIRTUAL_DMI` | Check for presence of QEMU in the /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id directory | 🐧 | 40% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5939) |
+| `VM::QEMU_USB` | Check for presence of QEMU in the /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices directory | 🐧 | 20% | Admin | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5968) |
+| `VM::HYPERVISOR_DIR` | Check for presence of any files in /sys/hypervisor directory | 🐧 | 20% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5996) |
+| `VM::UML_CPU` | Check for the "UML" string in the CPU brand | 🐧 | 80% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6044) |
+| `VM::KMSG` | Check for any indications of hypervisors in the kernel message logs | 🐧 | 5% | Admin | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6074) |
+| `VM::VBOX_MODULE` | Check for a VBox kernel module | 🐧 | 15% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6128) |
+| `VM::SYSINFO_PROC` | Check for potential VM info in /proc/sysinfo | 🐧 | 15% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6204) |
+| `VM::DMI_SCAN` | Check for string matches of VM brands in the linux DMI | 🐧 | 50% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6226) |
+| `VM::SMBIOS_VM_BIT` | Check for the VM bit in the SMBIOS data | 🐧 | 50% | Admin | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6308) |
+| `VM::PODMAN_FILE` | Check for podman file in /run/ | 🐧 | 5% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6338) |
+| `VM::WSL_PROC` | Check for WSL or microsoft indications in /proc/ subdirectories | 🐧 | 30% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6370) |
+| `VM::DRIVERS` | Check for VM-specific names for drivers | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8488) |
+| `VM::DISK_SERIAL` | Check for serial numbers of virtual disks | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8586) |
+| `VM::IVSHMEM` | Check for IVSHMEM device presence | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8825) |
+| `VM::GPU_CAPABILITIES` | Check for GPU capabilities related to VMs | 🪟 | 45% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8931) |
+| `VM::HANDLES` | Check for vm-specific devices | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L8969) |
+| `VM::QEMU_FW_CFG` | Detect QEMU fw_cfg interface. This first checks the Device Tree for a fw-cfg node or hypervisor tag, then verifies the presence of the qemu_fw_cfg module and firmware directories in sysfs. | 🐧 | 70% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6398) |
+| `VM::VIRTUAL_PROCESSORS` | Check if the number of virtual and logical processors are reported correctly by the system | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9071) |
+| `VM::HYPERVISOR_QUERY` | Check if a call to NtQuerySystemInformation with the 0x9f leaf fills a _SYSTEM_HYPERVISOR_DETAIL_INFORMATION structure | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9101) |
+| `VM::AMD_SEV_MSR` | Check for AMD-SEV MSR running on the system | 🐧🍏 | 50% | Admin | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5881) |
+| `VM::VIRTUAL_REGISTRY` | Check for particular object directory which is present in Sandboxie virtual environment but not in usual host systems | 🪟 | 90% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9169) |
+| `VM::FIRMWARE` | Check for VM signatures on all firmware tables | 🐧🪟 | 100% | Admin | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6815) |
+| `VM::FILE_ACCESS_HISTORY` | Check if the number of accessed files are too low for a human-managed environment | 🐧 | 15% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6428) |
+| `VM::AUDIO` | Check if no waveform-audio output devices are present in the system | 🪟 | 25% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9263) |
+| `VM::NSJAIL_PID` | Check if process status matches with nsjail patterns with PID anomalies | 🐧 | 75% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L6455) |
+| `VM::DEVICES` | Check for PCI vendor and device IDs that are VM-specific | 🐧🪟 | 95% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7234) |
+| `VM::ACPI_SIGNATURE` | Check for VM-specific ACPI device signatures | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9371) |
+| `VM::TRAP` | Check if after raising two traps at the same RIP, a hypervisor interferes with the instruction pointer delivery | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9516) |
+| `VM::UD` | Check if no waveform-audio output devices are present in the system | 🪟 | 25% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9263) |
+| `VM::BLOCKSTEP` | Check if a hypervisor does not properly restore the interruptibility state after a VM-exit in compatibility mode | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9791) |
+| `VM::DBVM_HYPERCALL` | Check if Dark Byte's VM is present | 🪟 | 150% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9838) |
+| `VM::BOOT_LOGO` | Check boot logo for known VM images | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L9957) |
+| `VM::MAC_SYS` | Check for VM-strings in system profiler commands for MacOS | 🍏 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L7865) |
+| `VM::KERNEL_OBJECTS` | Check for any signs of VMs in Windows kernel object entities | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L10059) |
+| `VM::NVRAM` | Check for known NVRAM signatures that are present on virtual firmware | 🪟 | 100% | Admin | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L10249) |
+| `VM::EDID` | Check for non-standard EDID configurations | 🪟 | 100% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L10688) |
+| `VM::CPU_HEURISTIC` | Check whether the CPU is genuine and its reported instruction capabilities are not masked | 🪟 | 90% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L10944) |
+| `VM::CLOCK` | Check the presence of system timers | 🪟 | 45% | | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L11413) |
+| `VM::MSR` | Check for AMD-SEV MSR running on the system | 🐧🍏 | 100% | Admin | | | [link](https://github.com/kernelwernel/VMAware/tree/main/src/vmaware.hpp#L5881) |
diff --git a/src/vmaware.hpp b/src/vmaware.hpp
index b40700e0..47959cb0 100644
--- a/src/vmaware.hpp
+++ b/src/vmaware.hpp
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@
* - struct for internal cpu operations => line 804
* - struct for internal memoization => line 3131
* - struct for internal utility functions => line 3338
- * - struct for internal core components => line 11664
+ * - struct for internal core components => line 11629
* - start of VM detection technique list => line 4769
- * - start of public VM detection functions => line 12029
- * - start of externally defined variables => line 12816
+ * - start of public VM detection functions => line 11994
+ * - start of externally defined variables => line 12781
*
*
* ============================== EXAMPLE ===================================
@@ -5127,14 +5127,6 @@ struct VM {
std::atomic t2_end(0);
std::vector samples(100000, 0);
- auto rdtsc = []() noexcept -> u64 {
- #if (MSVC)
- return static_cast(__rdtsc());
- #else
- return static_cast(__rdtsc());
- #endif
- };
-
struct affinity_cookie {
bool valid{ false };
#if (WINDOWS)
@@ -5285,7 +5277,7 @@ struct VM {
// const size_t frac_win = (N * 8 + 99) / 100; // ceil(N * 0.08)
// const size_t win = std::min(N, std::max(MIN_WIN, frac_win));
const size_t MIN_WIN = 10;
- // Manual min/max calculation for win size
+ // manual min/max calculation for win size
const size_t calc_frac = static_cast(std::ceil(static_cast(N) * 0.08));
const size_t inner_max = (MIN_WIN > calc_frac) ? MIN_WIN : calc_frac;
const size_t win = (N < inner_max) ? N : inner_max;
@@ -5311,7 +5303,7 @@ struct VM {
if (static_cast(new_span) <= EXPAND_FACTOR * static_cast(best_span) ||
(s[cluster_hi - 1] <= (s[cluster_lo - 1] + static_cast(std::ceil(3.0L * sigma))))) {
--cluster_lo;
- // Manual min calculation
+ // manual min calculation
best_span = (best_span < new_span) ? best_span : new_span;
}
else break;
@@ -5322,7 +5314,6 @@ struct VM {
if (static_cast(new_span) <= EXPAND_FACTOR * static_cast(best_span) ||
(s[cluster_hi] <= (s[cluster_lo] + static_cast(std::ceil(3.0L * sigma))))) {
++cluster_hi;
- // Manual min calculation
best_span = (best_span < new_span) ? best_span : new_span;
}
else break;
@@ -5333,8 +5324,7 @@ struct VM {
// cluster must be reasonably dense and cover a non-negligible portion of samples, so this is pure sanity checks
const double fraction_in_cluster = static_cast(cluster_size) / static_cast(N);
- // Manual min/max calculation for MIN_CLUSTER
- // Original: std::min(static_cast(std::max(5, static_cast(N / 50))), N);
+ // min/max calculation for MIN_CLUSTER
const int val_n_50 = static_cast(N / 50);
const size_t val_max = static_cast((5 > val_n_50) ? 5 : val_n_50);
const size_t MIN_CLUSTER = (val_max < N) ? val_max : N; // at least 2% or 5 elements
@@ -5393,7 +5383,7 @@ struct VM {
while (ready_count.load(std::memory_order_acquire) < 2)
_mm_pause();
- const u64 start = rdtsc();
+ const u64 start = __rdtsc();
t1_start.store(start, std::memory_order_release);
state.store(1, std::memory_order_release);
@@ -5404,7 +5394,7 @@ struct VM {
}
VMAWARE_UNUSED(x);
- const u64 end = rdtsc();
+ const u64 end = __rdtsc();
t1_end.store(end - start, std::memory_order_release);
state.store(2, std::memory_order_release);
});
@@ -5415,7 +5405,7 @@ struct VM {
while (ready_count.load(std::memory_order_acquire) < 2)
_mm_pause();
- u64 last = rdtsc();
+ u64 last = __rdtsc();
// local accumulator and local index into samples
u64 acc = 0;
@@ -5428,7 +5418,7 @@ struct VM {
for (unsigned i = 0; i < CPUID_ITER; ++i) {
// read rdtsc and accumulate delta
- const u64 now = rdtsc();
+ const u64 now = __rdtsc();
// If now < last, the hypervisor rewound the TSC or it's a very rare 64-bit overflow
// we do not increment acc to ensure ratio t2_delta / t1_delta drops below 0.95
@@ -5451,7 +5441,7 @@ struct VM {
}
// final rdtsc after detecting finish
- const u64 final_now = rdtsc();
+ const u64 final_now = __rdtsc();
if (final_now >= last) acc += (final_now - last);
t2_end.store(acc, std::memory_order_release);
});
@@ -5477,10 +5467,12 @@ struct VM {
std::vector used;
for (u64 s : samples) if (s != 0) used.push_back(s);
const u64 cpuid_latency = calculate_latency(used);
+ const double cycles_per_iter = static_cast(t1_delta) / static_cast(ITER_XOR);
debug("TIMER: T1 delta: ", t1_delta);
debug("TIMER: T2 delta: ", t2_delta);
debug("TIMER: VMEXIT latency: ", cpuid_latency);
+ debug("TIMER: IPC: ", cycles_per_iter);
if (cpuid_latency >= cycle_threshold) {
debug("TIMER: Detected a vmexit on CPUID");
@@ -5493,8 +5485,6 @@ struct VM {
return true;
}
- // ========================== LOCAL RATIO ==========================
-
// Within the same run, does Thread 2 see a smaller TSC delta than Thread 1?
// If so, a hypervisor downscaled TSC in the core where exits were occurring to hide vmexit latency
// while in the other core where no exits occurred, no TSC cycles were decreased, thus thread 2 ran faster than thread 1
@@ -5502,65 +5492,40 @@ struct VM {
const double local_ratio = double(t2_delta) / double(t1_delta);
if (local_ratio < 0.95 || local_ratio > 1.05) {
- debug("TIMER: Detected a hypervisor intercepting TSC: ", local_ratio, "");
+ debug("TIMER: Detected a hypervisor intercepting TSC locally: ", local_ratio, "");
return true;
}
- #if (WINDOWS)
- typedef struct _PROCESSOR_POWER_INFORMATION {
- u32 Number;
- u32 MaxMhz;
- u32 CurrentMhz;
- u32 MhzLimit;
- u32 MaxIdleState;
- u32 CurrentIdleState;
- } PROCESSOR_POWER_INFORMATION, * PPROCESSOR_POWER_INFORMATION;
-
- enum POWER_INFORMATION_LEVEL_MIN {
- ProcessorInformation = 11
- };
-
- const HMODULE hPowr = LoadLibraryA("powrprof.dll");
- if (!hPowr) return 0;
-
- const char* names[] = { "CallNtPowerInformation" };
- void* funcs[1] = { nullptr };
- util::get_function_address(hPowr, names, funcs, 1);
- if (!funcs[0]) return 0;
+ // To calculate the global ratio, we calculate the TSC cycles consumed per iteration of the Thread 1 workload
+ // Thread 1 ran this dependency chain, x ^= i; x = (x << 1) ^ (x >> 3)
+ // because each instruction depends on the result of the previous one, the CPU cannot execute these in parallel
+ // on bare metal, a dependent ALU operation takes a minimum number of core cycles, for this is typically 2-4 per iteration
+ // Even with an extreme 6.0GHz Turbo on a 2.0GHz Base Clock (3x ratio), this results in at least 0.7 to 1.0 TSC cycles per iteration
- using CallNtPowerInformation_t = NTSTATUS(__stdcall*)(int, PVOID, ULONG, PVOID, ULONG);
- CallNtPowerInformation_t CallNtPowerInformation =
- reinterpret_cast(funcs[0]);
+ // If a hypervisor is "shaving" cycles globally to hide the latency of Thread 2's CPUID spam,
+ // it subtracts time from the global counter. This causes Thread 1 (which caused no exits)
+ // to appear to have finished its work instantly or impossibly fast.
+ // If thread 1 reports finishing 100000000 dependent iterations in only 10000000 TSC cycles (so 0.1 cycles/iter), the CPU effectively ran at 10 instructions per cycle on a dependent chain
+ // which is basically impossible on x86 silicon and confirms the TSC was manipulated
- SYSTEM_INFO si;
- GetSystemInfo(&si);
- const DWORD procCount = si.dwNumberOfProcessors;
- if (procCount == 0) return 0;
-
- const SIZE_T bufSize = static_cast(procCount) * sizeof(PROCESSOR_POWER_INFORMATION);
- void* raw = _malloca(bufSize);
- if (!raw) return 0;
- memset(raw, 0, bufSize);
-
- const NTSTATUS status = CallNtPowerInformation(
- ProcessorInformation,
- nullptr, 0,
- raw, static_cast(bufSize)
- );
-
- unsigned speed = 0;
- if ((LONG)status >= 0) {
- PROCESSOR_POWER_INFORMATION* info = reinterpret_cast(raw);
- speed = static_cast(info[0].CurrentMhz);
+ // 0.25 is an extremely conservative threshold but there's no need to raise it
+ // because mathematically talking, considering the number of times cpuid is called in thread 2, they will pass this limit even with a patch that downscales only 100 cycles per cpuid call
+ // a value this low implies the code ran 4x faster than the theoretical limit of the silicon,
+ // or roughly 12x faster than the actual core clock speed
+
+ // This is immune to turbo/throttling noise because those variances (10-30%) are negligible
+ // compared to the massive reduction (like 90%+) caused by exit hiding
+ if (cycles_per_iter < 0.25) {
+ debug("TIMER: Detected a hypervisor dowscaling TSC globally (IPC was impossible): ", cycles_per_iter);
+ return true;
}
- _freea(raw);
-
- if (speed < 800) {
- debug("TIMER: Detected a hook in rdtsc, frequency was: ", speed);
+ // so if the patch substracted too much TSC cycles, the shaving might result in a near-zero or negative delta
+ // (handled by u64 overflow usually making it huge, but good shaves clamp to 0 or 1)
+ if (t1_delta < 1000) {
+ debug("TIMER: Detected a hypervisor downscaling TSC globally (time was stopped): ", t1_delta);
return true;
}
- #endif
#endif
return false;
}
@@ -12747,7 +12712,7 @@ struct VM {
}
// rule 4: if VM::TRAP or VM::NVRAM is detected, so should VM::HYPERVISOR_BIT or VM::HYPERVISOR_STR
- if ((check(VM::TRAP) || check(VM::NVRAM)) && (hv_present || (!hv_present && has_hyper_x))) {
+ if ((check(VM::TRAP) || check(VM::NVRAM)) && !hv_present && !has_hyper_x) {
debug("is_hardened(): trap/NVRAM and hypervisor bit/str are not detected together");
return true;
}