Huawei Technologies du Mobile Broadband 16.0 Local Privilege Escalation

vendor:

du Mobile Broadband

by:

Gjoko 'LiquidWorm' Krstic

7,2

CVSS

HIGH

Local Privilege Escalation

264

CWE

Product Name: du Mobile Broadband

Affected Version From: 16.002.03.16.124

Affected Version To: 16.002.03.16.124

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:huawei:du_mobile_broadband

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (EN) 64bit

2013

Huawei Technologies du Mobile Broadband 16.0 Local Privilege Escalation

The application is vulnerable to an elevation of privileges vulnerability which can be used by a simple user that can change the executable file with a binary of choice. The vulnerability exist due to the improper permissions, with the 'F' flag (full) for the 'Everyone' and 'Users' group, for the 'du Mobile Broadband.exe' binary file. The files are installed in the 'du Mobile Broadband' directory which has the Everyone group assigned to it with full permissions making every single file inside vulnerable to change by any user on the affected machine. After you replace the binary with your rootkit, on reboot you get SYSTEM privileges.

Mitigation:

Ensure that the permissions for the 'du Mobile Broadband.exe' binary file are properly set and that only authorized users have access to it.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

Huawei Technologies du Mobile Broadband 16.0 Local Privilege Escalation


Vendor: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Product Web Page: http://www.huawei.com
Affected version: 16.002.03.16.124

Summary: du Mobile Broadband is a shareware application for
du EITC UAE users to support mobile broadband (3G) activation
for du service provider with systems containing one of the
supported devices. It lets you access du wireless internet
wherever you are and whenever you need it, all powered through
your mobile data SIM or simply by connecting your 3G USB stick
to your device.

Desc: The application is vulnerable to an elevation of privileges
vulnerability which can be used by a simple user that can change
the executable file with a binary of choice. The vulnerability
exist due to the improper permissions, with the 'F' flag (full)
for the 'Everyone' and 'Users' group, for the 'du Mobile Broadband.exe'
binary file. The files are installed in the 'du Mobile Broadband'
directory which has the Everyone group assigned to it with full
permissions making every single file inside vulnerable to change
by any user on the affected machine. After you replace the binary
with your rootkit, on reboot you get SYSTEM privileges.

Tested on: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (EN) 64bit


Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko 'LiquidWorm' Krstic
                            @zeroscience


Advisory ID: ZSL-2013-5164
Advisory URL: http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2013-5164.php



18.12.2013

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C:\Program Files (x86)>cacls "du Mobile Broadband"
C:\Program Files (x86)\du Mobile Broadband Everyone:(OI)(CI)F
                                           BUILTIN\Users:(OI)(IO)F
                                           BUILTIN\Users:(CI)F
                                           NT SERVICE\TrustedInstaller:(ID)F
                                           NT SERVICE\TrustedInstaller:(CI)(IO)(ID)F
                                           NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(ID)F
                                           NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)(IO)(ID)F
                                           BUILTIN\Administrators:(ID)F
                                           BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)(IO)(ID)F
                                           CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(ID)F


C:\Program Files (x86)>cd "du Mobile Broadband"

C:\Program Files (x86)\du Mobile Broadband>cacls "du Mobile Broadband.exe"
C:\Program Files (x86)\du Mobile Broadband\du Mobile Broadband.exe Everyone:F
                                                                   BUILTIN\Users:F
                                                                   NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(ID)F
                                                                   BUILTIN\Administrators:(ID)F


C:\Program Files (x86)\du Mobile Broadband>