Lenovo Slim USB Keyboard - Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

vendor:

Lenovo Slim USB Keyboard

by:

Joey Lane

7,2

CVSS

HIGH

Privilege Escalation

426

CWE

Product Name: Lenovo Slim USB Keyboard

Affected Version From: 1.09

Affected Version To: 1.09

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:lenovo:lenovo_slim_usb_keyboard

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 Professional

2016

Lenovo Slim USB Keyboard – Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

The Lenovo Slim USB Keyboard service is installed with an unquoted service path, which enables a local privilege escalation vulnerability. To exploit this vulnerability, a local attacker can insert an executable file in the path of the service. Rebooting the system or restarting the service will run the malicious executable with elevated privileges.

Mitigation:

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

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: Lenovo Slim USB Keyboard - Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation
# Date: 10/19/2016
# Exploit Author: Joey Lane
# Version: 1.09
# Tested on: Windows 7 Professional

The Lenovo Slim USB Keyboard service is installed with an unquoted service path.
This enables a local privilege escalation vulnerability.  
To exploit this vulnerability, a local attacker can insert an executable file in the path of the service.
Rebooting the system or restarting the service will run the malicious executable with elevated privileges.

This was tested on version 1.09, but other versions may be affected as well.


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C:\>sc qc Sks8821

[SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS



SERVICE_NAME: Sks8821

        TYPE               : 20  WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS

        START_TYPE         : 2   AUTO_START

        ERROR_CONTROL      : 1   NORMAL

        BINARY_PATH_NAME   : C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Lenovo Slim USB Keyboard\Sks8821.exe

        LOAD_ORDER_GROUP   :

        TAG                : 0

        DISPLAY_NAME       : Skdaemon Service

        DEPENDENCIES       :

        SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem

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EXAMPLE:

Using the BINARY_PATH_NAME listed above as an example, an executable named
"Program.exe" could be placed in "C:\", and it would be executed as the
Local System user next time the service was restarted.