HP System Event 1.2.9.0 - 'HPWMISVC' Unquoted Service Path

vendor:

HP System Event

by:

Roberto Piña

7.2

CVSS

HIGH

Unquoted Service Path

426

CWE

Product Name: HP System Event

Affected Version From: 1.2.9.0

Affected Version To: 1.2.9.0

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:hewlett_packard:hp_system_event:1.2.9.0

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows 10 Home x64 en

2020

HP System Event 1.2.9.0 – ‘HPWMISVC’ 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:

Ensure that all services have a fully qualified path to the executable.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: HP System Event 1.2.9.0 - 'HPWMISVC' Unquoted Service Path
# Discovery by: Roberto Piña
# Discovery Date: 2020-02-14
# Vendor Homepage:https://www8.hp.com/mx/es/home.html
# Software Link:ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp70001-70500/sp70439.exe
# HP Development Company, L.P.
# Tested Version: 1.2.9.0
# Vulnerability Type: Unquoted Service Path
# Tested on OS: Windows 10 Home x64 en

# Step to discover Unquoted Service Path: 

C:\>wmic service get name, displayname, pathname, startmode | findstr /i "Auto" | findstr /i /v "C:\Windows\\" | findstr /i "HP" | findstr /i /v """
HPWMISVC                                                  HPWMISVC                                  C:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP System Event\HPWMISVC.exe                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Auto

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)\Hewlett-Packard\HP System Event\HPWMISVC.exe
        LOAD_ORDER_GROUP   :
        TAG                : 0
        DISPLAY_NAME       : HPWMISVC
        DEPENDENCIES       :
        SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem

C:\>
# 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.