#Exploit Title: HP WMI Service 1.4.8.0 - 'HPWMISVC.exe' Unquoted Service Path #Discovery by: Jocelyn Arenas #Discovery Date: 2020-11-07 #Vendor Homepage: https://www8.hp.com/mx/es/home.html #Tested Version: 1.4.8.0 #Vulnerability Type: Unquoted Service Path #Tested on OS: Windows 10 Home x64 es # Step to discover Unquoted Service Path: C:\>wmic service get name, displayname, pathname, startmode | findstr /i "auto" | findstr /i /v "C:\windows\\" | findstr /i /v """ HPWMISVC HPWMISVC c:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP System Event\HPWMISVC.exe Auto #Service info: C:\>sc qc HPWMISVC [SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS SERVICE_NAME : HPWMISVC TYPE : 110 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS (interactive) START_TYPE : 2 AUTO_START ERROR_CONTROL : 1 NORMAL BINARY_PATH_NAME : c:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP System Event\HPWMISVC.exe LOAD_ORDER_GROUP : TAG : 0 DISPLAY_NAME : HPWMISVC DEPENDENCIES : SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem #Exploit: A successful attempt would require the local user to be able to insert their code in the system root path undetected by the OS or other security applications where it could potentially be executed during application startup or reboot. If successful, the local user's code would execute with the elevated privileges of the application.