ASUS AAHM 1.00.22 - 'asHmComSvc' Unquoted Service Path

vendor:

AAHM

by:

Roberto Piña

N/A

CVSS

N/A

Unquoted Service Path

Other

CWE

Product Name: AAHM

Affected Version From: 1.00.22

Affected Version To: 1.00.22

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE:

CPE:

Metasploit:

Other Scripts:

Platforms Tested: Windows 10 Home x64

2020

ASUS AAHM 1.00.22 – ‘asHmComSvc’ Unquoted Service Path

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.

Mitigation:

Unknown

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: ASUS AAHM 1.00.22 - 'asHmComSvc' Unquoted Service Path
# Discovery by: Roberto Piña
# Discovery Date: 2020-03-11
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.asus.com/
# Software Link :https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/misc/utils/AISuite3_Win10_H97M-Pro_V10102.zip?_ga=2.170180192.1334401606.1583873755-790266082.1583873755
# Tested Version: 1.00.22
# Vulnerability Type: Unquoted Service Path
# Tested on OS: Windows 10 Home x64 en

# Step to discover Unquoted Service Path: 

C:\>wmic service get name, pathname, displayname, startmode | findstr "Auto" | findstr /i /v "C:\Windows\\" | findstr /i "asHmComSvc" | findstr /i /v """
ASUS HM Com Service                                                                 asHmComSvc                                C:\Program Files (x86)\ASUS\AAHM\1.00.22\aaHMSvc.exe                                                                                    Auto

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

SERVICE_NAME: asHmComSvc
        TYPE               : 10  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
        START_TYPE         : 2   AUTO_START
        ERROR_CONTROL      : 1   NORMAL
        BINARY_PATH_NAME   : C:\Program Files (x86)\ASUS\AAHM\1.00.22\aaHMSvc.exe
        LOAD_ORDER_GROUP   :
        TAG                : 0
        DISPLAY_NAME       : ASUS HM Com Service
        DEPENDENCIES       : RpcSs
        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.