PMAD.sys
Physical Memory Access Driver file version info
Driver on Windows LOLDrivers vulnerable driver
A known vulnerable driver
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
1 known sample
2.1.2.5 · its entry
37784d01f84aa4d60c8738f7a75dac1bf712941fc08ed9f32f3e89d044d9c71fFrom LOLDrivers (Apache 2.0). A driver is known by its hash: a sample under another name is the same driver. In Ceplin, "<sha256>".whatis() says which sample a hash is.
Is it the real PMAD.sys?
ProductPhysical Memory Access Driver, Catalyst Enterprises Inc.
DescriptionPhysical Memory Access Driver
From the file’s version info, as recorded by xCyclopedia (MIT). A copy in another folder, signed by someone else or with another hash is not necessarily malicious, but it is worth a closer look.