=====[ Tempest Security Intelligence - ADV-18/2018 ]===

Panda Global Security 17.0.1 - Unquoted service path
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Author:
- Filipe Xavier Oliveira: < filipe.xavier () tempest.com.br

=====[ Table of Contents
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* Overview
* Detailed description
* Timeline of disclosure
* Thanks & Acknowledgements
* References

=====[ Overview
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* System affected : Panda Global Security [1]
* Software Version : 17.0.1. Other versions or models may also be affected.
* Impact : Allow an authorized but non-privileged local user to execute
arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the system. If an attacker
could copy a malicious file and place it on, for example, into the root
directory. This would cause windows to run the malicious executable in
the user context of the service account at the next service start.

=====[ Detailed description
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Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the "panda_url_filtering"
service in Panda Global Protection 17.0.1 allows local users to gain
privileges via a malicious artefact.
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C:\windows\system32>sc qc panda_url_filtering
SERVICE_NAME: panda_url_filtering
TYPE : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
START_TYPE : 2 AUTO_START
ERROR_CONTROL : 1 NORMAL
BINARY_PATH_NAME : C:\Program Files\Panda Security URL Filtering\Panda
_URL_Filteringb.exe --
LOAD_ORDER_GROUP :
TAG : 0
DISPLAY_NAME : panda_url_filtering Service
DEPENDENCIES :
SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem

=====[ Timeline of disclosure
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26/01/2018 - Vendor was informed of the vulnerability.
01/26/2018 - CVE assigned [2]
02/05/2018 - Vendor did not respond.
03/06/2018 - Advisory publication date.

=====[ Thanks & Acknowledgements
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- Tempest Security Intelligence / Tempest's Pentest Team [3]


=====[ References
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[1] - https://www.pandasecurity.com
[2] - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6321
[3] - http://www.tempest.com.br/

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Filipe Oliveira
Tempest Security Intelligence