NotMe

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The name "NotMe" is inspired by the Microsoft tool "NotMyFault", also a tool that can be used to cause BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) on Windows system.

 

Project Structure

NotMe_CPP

C++ project that uses CMake and CLion to build.

• Toolchain: MinGW32 from MSYS2

NotMe_CSharp

C# and .Net Framework 4. Including a GUI app.

NtRaiseHardError & ZwRaiseHardError

Ref: http://undocumented.ntinternals.net/index.html?page=UserMode%2FUndocumented%20Functions%2FError%2FNtSetDefaultHardErrorPort.html

Both functions are undocumented Windows APIs (NTAPI) included in ntdll.dll, which can cause BlueScreen (BSOD, Blue Screen of Death) with certain parameters.

NtRaiseHardError(
  IN  NTSTATUS                  ErrorStatus,
  IN  ULONG                     NumberOfParameters,
  IN  PUNICODE_STRING           UnicodeStringParameterMask OPTIONAL,
  IN  PVOID                     *Parameters,
  IN  HARDERROR_RESPONSE_OPTION ResponseOption,
  OUT PHARDERROR_RESPONSE       Response
);

ZwRaiseHardError(
  IN  NTSTATUS                  ErrorStatus,
  IN  ULONG                     NumberOfParameters,
  IN  PUNICODE_STRING           UnicodeStringParameterMask OPTIONAL,
  IN  PVOID                     *Parameters,
  IN  HARDERROR_RESPONSE_OPTION ResponseOption,
  OUT PHARDERROR_RESPONSE       Response
);

• ErrorStatus Error code.
• NumberOfParameters Number of optional parameters in Parameters array.
• UnicodeStringParameterMask Optional string parameter (can be only one per error code).
• *Parameters Array of DWORD parameters for use in error message string.
• ResponseOption See HARDERROR_RESPONSE_OPTION for possible values description.
• Response Pointer to HARDERROR_RESPONSE enumeration.

Parameters

PUNICODE_STRING

#include <SubAuth.h>

typedef struct _UNICODE_STRING {
 USHORT Length;
 USHORT MaximumLength;
 PWSTR Buffer;
} UNICODE_STRING, *PUNICODE_STRING;

HARDERROR_RESPONSE_OPTION

typedef enum _HARDERROR_RESPONSE_OPTION {
 OptionAbortRetryIgnore,
 OptionOk,
 OptionOkCancel,
 OptionRetryCancel,
 OptionYesNo,
 OptionYesNoCancel,
 OptionShutdownSystem
} HARDERROR_RESPONSE_OPTION, *PHARDERROR_RESPONSE_OPTION;

PHARDERROR_RESPONSE

typedef enum _HARDERROR_RESPONSE {
 ResponseReturnToCaller,
 ResponseNotHandled,
 ResponseAbort,
 ResponseCancel,
 ResponseIgnore,
 ResponseNo,
 ResponseOk,
 ResponseRetry,
 ResponseYes
} HARDERROR_RESPONSE, *PHARDERROR_RESPONSE;

SetProcessIsCritical

Ref: http://www.netcore2k.net/projects/freeram

RtlSetProcessIsCritical is yet another undocumented function hidden in the Windows kernel. It is one of the few which do not have a kernel32 equivalent.

RtlSetProcessIsCritical sets a process to a system critical status. This means that the process is now "critical" to the running of Windows, which also means that on termination of your process, Windows itself terminates as well. When a system critical process ends/terminates, the stop code is CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED (0xEF) for process exiting, and CRITICAL_OBJECT_TERMINATION (0xF4) if the process was abnormally terminated.

/**
 * @param NewValue the new critical setting: 1 for a critical process, 0 for a normal process
 * @param OldValue if not null, will receive the old setting for the process
 * @param bNeedScb specifics whether system critical breaks will be required (and already enabled) for the process
 */
NTSTATUS RtlSetProcessIsCritical (IN BOOLEAN bNew, OUT BOOLEAN *pbOld, IN BOOLEAN bNeedScb);

This means that calling RtlSetProcessIsCritical(TRUE, NULL, FALSE) would make a process critical, while another call to RtlSetProcessIsCritical(FALSE, NULL, FALSE) would return the process to normal. When critical status is set, termination or ending of the process in any way will usually cause either a BSOD (if BSOD-ing is enabled), or will cause the system to reboot itself.

CloseWindowStation

HWINSTA CreateWindowStationA(
  [in, optional] LPCSTR                lpwinsta,
                 DWORD                 dwFlags,
  [in]           ACCESS_MASK           dwDesiredAccess,
  [in, optional] LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpsa
);

BOOL CloseWindowStation(
  [in] HWINSTA hWinSta
);

NTSD_Winlogon

cmd /c start /min ntsd -c q -pn winlogon.exe 1>nul 2>nul

PowerShell_Wininit

powershell wininit

TaskKill_Wininit

taskkill /f /im wininit.exe

Compatibility

NtRaiseHardError & ZwRaiseHardError

Works on all Windows systems with Windows NT kernel (ntdll.dll). Does not triger the UAC (User Account Control) prompt.

SetProcessIsCritical

Require ntdll.dll versions 5.1 (Windows XP) and higher.

Needs Administrator privilege / trigers UAC (User Account Control) on Winodws 10 and Windows 11.

Compatibility Table

	ReactOS 0.4.14	Windows 2000	Windows XP	Windows Vista	Windows 7	Windows 10	Windows 11
NtRaiseHardError / ZwRaiseHardError	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
SetProcessIsCritical	✔️	❌	✔️	⭕	⭕	⭕	⭕
CloseWindowStation	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
NTSD_Winlogon	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
PowerShell_Wininit	❌	❌	❌	❌	⭕	❌	❌
TaskKill_Wininit	❌	❌	❌	⭕	⭕	❌	❌

✔️: Works Well

⭕: Requires Administrator Privilege / UAC (User Account Control)

❌: Not Working

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