TrendMicro OfficeScan 11.0 / XG (12.0) XG Image File Execution Bypass

`[+] Credits: John Page (aka hyp3rlinx)   
[+] Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org  
[+] Source: http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/TRENDMICRO-OFFICESCAN-XG-IMAGE-FILE-EXECUTION-BYPASS.txt  
[+] ISR: ApparitionSec   
  
  
  
Vendor:  
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www.trendmicro.com  
  
  
  
Product:  
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OfficeScan   
v11.0 and XG (12.0)*  
  
  
OfficeScan protects enterprise networks from malware, network viruses, web-based threats, spyware, and mixed threat attacks.  
An integrated solution, OfficeScan consists of the OfficeScan agent program that resides at the endpoint and a server program that  
manages all agents. The OfficeScan agent guards the endpoint and reports its security status to the server. The server, through the  
web-based management console, makes it easy to set coordinated security policies and deploy updates to every agent.  
  
  
Vulnerability Type:  
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Image File Execution Bypass  
  
  
  
CVE Reference:  
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N/A  
  
  
  
Security Issue:  
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OfficeScan XG "Unauthorized Change Prevention Service" is a Local SYSTEM service that is supposed to protect OfficeScan processes  
like "PccNTMon.exe" from being terminated, and also prevents unauthorized arbitrary registry settings being made to the protected  
machine even by an Administrator.  
  
However, we can easily bypass by exploiting Windows Image File Execution Options (IFEO) to hijack the service process.  
IFEO has been used by malwares for some time to prevent process from running or execute a process of an attackers choosing in  
place of the process the user expects.  
  
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options  
  
All an attacker needs to do is create a registry key in IFEO with the same name as "TMBMSRV.exe" which is used by the  
"Trend Micro Unauthorized Change Prevention Service" SYSTEM service. After creating this registry key we create a "string value"  
named debugger pointing to say "calc.exe", we wait and once system reboots BOOM!  
  
  
References:  
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https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/1118372  
  
  
  
Exploit/POC:  
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Reproduction:  
  
1) Open registry   
  
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options  
  
2) Create a new Key with no name  
  
3) Create a new string value under the new key named "debugger" with value of c:\Windows\system32\calc.exe  
  
4) Rename the created key to TMBMSRV.exe   
  
5) Reboot system  
  
Done!  
  
We can then not only Kill TM but write to TrendMicro whitelist key in the registry for our evil binary to be left alone in peace.  
  
  
  
Network Access:  
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Local  
  
  
  
Severity:  
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High  
  
  
  
Disclosure Timeline:  
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Vendor Notification: June 28, 2017  
Vendor Reply: "Officescan Build 1222 which is affected by this bug was already pulled and is no longer available for public download"  
Vendor Reply: "created hotfixes for product improvement."  
September 28, 2017 : Public Disclosure  
  
  
  
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or exploits by the author or elsewhere. All content (c).  
  
hyp3rlinx  
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