full-disclosure - Re: Privilege escalation on Windows using BinaryPlanting

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Message-ID: <CAKtE3zf29biyh8jqBeTCj_FSQn_Deez+p_q7RsZ+Gq9eaczDyg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 20:29:24 -0400
From: Travis Biehn <tbiehn@...il.com>
To: kz20fl@...glemail.com
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, security-basics@...urityfocus.com,
	full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Privilege escalation on Windows using
	BinaryPlanting

It might be a fun experiment to see what DLLs they're looking for :.)


-Travis

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 2:57 PM, <kz20fl@...glemail.com> wrote:

> To replace a service executable you usually need administrator access
> anyway.
>
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: Madhur Ahuja
> Sender: full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk
> To: security-basics@...urityfocus.com
> To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
> Subject: [Full-disclosure] Privilege escalation on Windows using
> BinaryPlanting
> Sent: 25 Sep 2011 19:31
>
> Imagine a situation where I have a Windows system with the restricted
> user access and want to get the Administrator access.
>
> There are many services in Windows which run with SYSTEM account.
>
> If there exists even one such service whose executable is not
> protected by Windows File Protection, isn't it possible to execute
> malicious code (such as gaining Administrator access) simply by
> replacing the service executable with malicious one and then
> restarting the service.
>
> As a restricted user, what's stopping me to do this ?
>
> Is there any integrity check performed by services.msc or service
> itself before executing with SYSTEM account ?
>
> Madhur
>
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