Netgear Genie 2.4.64 - Unquoted Service Path

vendor:

Genie

by:

Mert DAS

7.2

CVSS

HIGH

Unquoted Service Path

426

CWE

Product Name: Genie

Affected Version From: 2.4.64

Affected Version To: 2.4.64

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE:

CPE: a:netgear:genie

Metasploit:

Other Scripts:

Platforms Tested: Windows 10

2021

Netgear Genie 2.4.64 – 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 are configured with a fully qualified path to the executable, and that the path is enclosed in quotes.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: Netgear Genie 2.4.64 - Unquoted Service Path
# Exploit Author: Mert DAŞ
# Version: 2.4.64
# Date: 23.10.2021
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.netgear.com/
# Tested on: Windows 10

C:\Users\Mert>sc qc NETGEARGenieDaemon
[SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: NETGEARGenieDaemon
        TYPE               : 10  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
        START_TYPE         : 3   DEMAND_START
        ERROR_CONTROL      : 1   NORMAL
        BINARY_PATH_NAME   : C:\Program Files (x86)\NETGEAR
Genie\bin\NETGEARGenieDaemon64.exe
        LOAD_ORDER_GROUP   :
        TAG                : 0
        DISPLAY_NAME       : NETGEARGenieDaemon
        DEPENDENCIES       :
        SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem

Or:
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C:\Users\Mert>wmic service get name,displayname,pathname,startmode |findstr
/i "auto" |findstr /i /v "c:\windows\\" |findstr /i /v """


#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.