Virtual Method Tables

R5AC is ensuring that VMTP's are pointing within expected bounds, and that read-only VMT related data has not been tampered with.

Here is an example of how this detection might look like.

// Everytime sub_1DCDD1 is called, the detectioncheck VTP_GetFilesystemInterface(VTP_GetFilesystemInterface) is executed.

char __fastcall sub_1DCDD1()
{ 
  FilesystemInterface = (__int64 *)R5::VTP_GetFilesystemInterface(); 
  *((_QWORD *)v2 + 16) = FilesystemInterface;
  gpFileSystemInterface[0] = FilesystemInterface;
  return 1;
}

void **R5::VTP_GetFilesystemInterface()
{
    _LIST_ENTRY* lpK32GetMappedFileName = nullptr;
    void* VmtTablePtr = R5::FilesystemInterfaceVMTP;
    void* VmtTablePtr2 = R5::FilesystemInterfaceVMTP;
    __int64 ImageBaseAddress = (__int64)NtCurrentTeb()->ProcessEnvironmentBlock->ImageBaseAddress;

    // Plaintext strings (replacing encrypted runtime decoding)
    const char ModuleNameStr[] = "KERNEL32.DLL";
    const char ExportFuncStr[] = "K32GetMappedFileName";
    const char InterfaceStr[] = "VTP_GetFilesystemInterface";

    if (*(WORD*)ImageBaseAddress == 0x5A4D) // Check for 'MZ' PE signature
    {
        _IMAGE_NT_HEADERS64* lpNTH = (_IMAGE_NT_HEADERS64*)(ImageBaseAddress + *(int*)(ImageBaseAddress + 0x3C));
        if (lpNTH->OptionalHeader.Magic == 0x20B) // PE32+
        {
            unsigned int NumberOfSections = lpNTH->FileHeader.NumberOfSections;
            char* lpFirstSectionContentStart = (char*)&lpNTH->OptionalHeader + lpNTH->FileHeader.SizeOfOptionalHeader;

            if (NumberOfSections && lpFirstSectionContentStart)
            {
                _IMAGE_SECTION_HEADER* dwTableRVA = (_IMAGE_SECTION_HEADER*)((char*)R5::FilesystemInterfaceVMTP - ImageBaseAddress);
                _DWORD* sectionHeaders = (_DWORD*)(lpFirstSectionContentStart + 8);
                unsigned int nSectionIdx = 0;

                while (true)
                {
                    _IMAGE_SECTION_HEADER* dwSegmentRVA = (_IMAGE_SECTION_HEADER*)(unsigned int)sectionHeaders[1];
                    if (dwSegmentRVA <= dwTableRVA &&
                        (unsigned int)((_DWORD)dwSegmentRVA + *sectionHeaders) > (unsigned __int64)dwTableRVA)
                    {
                        break; // Found containing section
                    }

                    ++nSectionIdx;
                    sectionHeaders += 10;

                    if (nSectionIdx >= NumberOfSections)
                    {
                        // Outside module section — use default
                        VmtTablePtr = VmtTablePtr2;
                        goto ON_DETECTED_OUTSIDE_INGAME_SECTION;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

ON_DETECTED_OUTSIDE_INGAME_SECTION:

    char lpMappedFileName[272] = {0};
    wchar_t NeedleForSomeModule[264] = {0};
    mbstowcs_s(nullptr, NeedleForSomeModule, ModuleNameStr, sizeof(ModuleNameStr));

    // Search loaded modules
    _LIST_ENTRY* p_InMemoryOrderModuleList = &NtCurrentTeb()->ProcessEnvironmentBlock->Ldr->InMemoryOrderModuleList;
    _LIST_ENTRY* Flink = p_InMemoryOrderModuleList->Flink;

    if (Flink != p_InMemoryOrderModuleList)
    {
        while (_wcsicmp(NeedleForSomeModule, (_WCHAR*)Flink[5].Flink) != 0)
        {
            Flink = Flink->Flink;
            if (Flink == p_InMemoryOrderModuleList)
                goto ON_DETECTED;
        }

        _LIST_ENTRY* lpModuleBase = Flink[2].Flink;
        if (lpModuleBase)
        {
LABEL_22:
            if (LOWORD(lpModuleBase->Flink) == 0x5A4D) // 'MZ'
            {
                __int64 lpExportDirectory = (__int64)lpModuleBase + SHIDWORD(lpModuleBase[3].Blink);
                if (*(WORD*)(lpExportDirectory + 24) == 0x20B) // PE32+
                {
                    unsigned int* v27 = (unsigned int*)(lpExportDirectory + 0x88);
                    if (!v27)
                        v27 = nullptr;

                    if (v27)
                    {
                        unsigned int nExportEnumIdx = 0;
                        _DWORD* v29 = (_DWORD*)((char*)lpModuleBase + *v27);
                        __int64 AddressOfFunctions = (__int64)lpModuleBase + (unsigned int)v29[7];
                        __int64 AddressOfNames = (__int64)lpModuleBase + (unsigned int)v29[8];
                        unsigned int NumberOfExports = v29[6];
                        __int64 AddressOfNameOrdinals = (__int64)lpModuleBase + (unsigned int)v29[9];

                        while (nExportEnumIdx < NumberOfExports)
                        {
                            char* lpExportRecordMaybe = (char*)lpModuleBase + *(unsigned int*)(AddressOfNames + 4i64 * nExportEnumIdx);
                            if (strcmp(lpExportRecordMaybe, ExportFuncStr) == 0)
                            {
                                unsigned int dwFunctionRVA = *(_DWORD*)(AddressOfFunctions
                                    + 4i64 * *(unsigned __int16*)(AddressOfNameOrdinals + 2i64 * nExportEnumIdx));

                                lpK32GetMappedFileName = (_LIST_ENTRY*)((char*)lpModuleBase + dwFunctionRVA);
                                break;
                            }
                            ++nExportEnumIdx;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

ON_DETECTED:

    // Get the module file name of where this VMTP is residing in.
    if (lpK32GetMappedFileName)
        ((void(__fastcall*)(__int64, void*, char*, __int64))lpK32GetMappedFileName)(
            -1,
            VmtTablePtr2,
            lpMappedFileName,
            sizeof(lpMappedFileName)
        );

    // Report violation if needed
    R5AC::PushViolation(nullptr, 2, (__int64)VmtTablePtr2, (__int64)lpMappedFileName);

    return &R5::FilesystemInterfaceVMTP;
}