Elantech Smart-Pad Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

vendor:

Smart-Pad Service

by:

zaeek@protonmail.com

7,2

CVSS

HIGH

Privilege Escalation

269

CWE

Product Name: Smart-Pad Service

Affected Version From: 11.9.0.0

Affected Version To: 11.9.0.0

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:elantech:smart-pad_service

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows 7 64bit

2016

Elantech Smart-Pad Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

Elantech Smart-Pad Service lacks of quotes in the filepath, causing it to be a potential vector of privilege escalation attack. To properly exploit this vulnerability, the local attacker must insert an executable file in the path of the service. Upon service restart or system reboot, the malicious code will be run with elevated privileges.

Mitigation:

The vendor has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: Elantech Smart-Pad Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation
# Date: 24/09/2016
# Exploit Author: zaeek@protonmail.com
# Vendor Homepage: http://www.emc.com.tw/eng/
# Version: 11.9.0.0
# Tested on: Windows 7 64bit

====Description====

Elantech Smart-Pad Service lacks of quotes in the filepath, causing it to be a potential vector of privilege escalation attack.
To properly exploit this vulnerability, the local attacker must insert an executable file in the path of the service. Upon service restart or system reboot, the malicious code will be run with elevated privileges.

====Proof-of-Concept====

C:\>sc qc ETDService
[SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: ETDService
TYPE : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
START_TYPE : 2 AUTO_START
ERROR_CONTROL : 1 NORMAL
BINARY_PATH_NAME : C:\Program Files\Elantech\ETDService.exe
LOAD_ORDER_GROUP :
TAG : 0
DISPLAY_NAME : Elan Service
DEPENDENCIES :
SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem