# hacksysteam/HackSysExtremeVulnerableDriver

HackSys Extreme Vulnerable Driver (HEVD) - Windows & Linux

Repository: https://github.com/hacksysteam/HackSysExtremeVulnerableDriver
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hacksysextremevulnerabledriver
Homepage: https://hacksys.io
Language: C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: exploitation, kernel, driver, windows, vulnerabilities, hevd, memory-corruption, exploit-development, linux, buffer-overflow, info-leak, uaf, type-confusion
Last push: 2025-02-24T12:19:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 26/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 8, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4115, "days_push": 555, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3083, forks 581 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:41.917524+00:00)

## What it is
HackSys Extreme Vulnerable Driver (HEVD) is an intentionally vulnerable kernel driver for Windows and Linux designed for security researchers to practice kernel-level exploit development. It implements a range of vulnerabilities from simple stack buffer overflows to use-after-free, pool overflows, and race conditions.

## Use cases
- learn windows kernel exploit development
- practice exploiting use-after-free vulnerabilities
- train on kernel driver buffer overflows
- study race condition exploitation techniques
- build a lab for kernel privilege escalation research
- teach memory corruption exploitation classes

## When to choose
- you want a safe, legal target to learn kernel exploitation
- you need a wide variety of vulnerability classes in one driver
- you are building security training or a home exploit lab

## When to avoid
- you need a production or hardened driver
- you want automated vulnerability scanning of real software
- you are not comfortable loading kernel drivers on a test VM

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: security, penetration-testing, vulnerability-scanning, reverse-engineering
- domain: security, penetration-testing, operating-systems, developer-tools, tutorials
- platform: windows, c, cpp
- tags: kernel-exploitation, vulnerable-driver, exploit-development, hevd, memory-corruption, security-training, buffer-overflow, use-after-free, linux

## Member repositories
- hacksysteam/HackSysExtremeVulnerableDriver (main) score 26

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.917524+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:27:41.721499+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hacksysteam/HackSysExtremeVulnerableDriver (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.917524+00:00, sha 0c155c0c7d68)
  - homepage: https://hacksys.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:52.175914+00:00, sha 44136fa355b3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.