UACME - Defeating Windows User Account Control

Defeating Windows User Account Control by abusing built-in Windows AutoElevate backdoor. System Requirements x86-32/x64 Windows 7/8/8.1/10 client, some methods however works on server version too. Admin account with UAC set on default settings required. Usage Run executable from command line:...

SneakyEXE - Embedding "UAC-Bypassing" Function Into Your Custom Payload

A tool which helps you embedding UAC-Bypassing function into your custom Win32 payloads x8664 architecture specifically Tested on Windows 7,8,10 64bit Free and Open-sourced with full source codes published Tutorial Requirements: | Linux | Windows ---|---|--- Architecture | Optional | x8664 Python...

Windows Escalate UAC Protection Bypass Via SilentCleanup Exploit

There's a task in Windows Task Scheduler called "SilentCleanup" which, while it's executed as Users, automatically runs with elevated privileges. When it runs, it executes the file %windir%\system32\cleanmgr.exe. Since it runs as Users, and we can control user's environment variables, %windir%...

Windows Escalate UAC Protection Bypass Via SilentCleanup

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'Windows Escalate UAC Protection Bypass Via SilentCleanup', 'Description' = %q There's a task in Windows Task Scheduler called "SilentCleanup"...

Microsoft Windows - UAC Protection Bypass (Via Slui File Handler Hijack) (PowerShell)

Microsoft Windows - UAC Protection Bypass Via Slui File Handler Hijack PowerShell Interactive Version: function SluiHijackBypass Param ParameterMandatory=$True String$command, ValidateSet64,86 int$arch = 64 Create registry structure New-Item "HKCU:\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command"...

Microsoft Windows UAC Protection Bypass

Interactive Version: function SluiHijackBypass Param ParameterMandatory=$True String$command, ValidateSet64,86 int$arch = 64 Create registry structure New-Item "HKCU:\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command" -Force Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command" -Na...

Microsoft Windows - UAC Protection Bypass (Via Slui File Handler Hijack) (PowerShell)

Interactive Version: function SluiHijackBypass Param ParameterMandatory=$True String$command, ValidateSet64,86 int$arch = 64 Create registry structure New-Item "HKCU:\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command" -Force Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command" -Na...

Microsoft Windows - UAC Protection Bypass (Via Slui File Handler Hijack) (PowerShell) Exploit

Exploit for windows platform in category local exploits Interactive Version: function SluiHijackBypass Param ParameterMandatory=$True String$command, ValidateSet64,86 int$arch = 64 Create registry structure New-Item "HKCU:\Software\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command" -Force Set-ItemProperty -Path...

GhostDelivery - This Tool Creates A Obfuscated .vbs Script To Download A Payload Hosted On A Server To %TEMP% Directory, Execute Payload And Gain Persistence

Python script to generate obfuscated .vbs script that delivers payload with persistence and windows antivirus disabling functions. Features: Downloads payload to TEMP directory and executes payload to bypass windows smart screen. Disables Defender, UAC/user account control, Defender Notifications...

ScarCruft continues to evolve, introduces Bluetooth harvester

Executive summary After publishing our initial series of blogposts back in 2016, we have continued to track the ScarCruft threat actor. ScarCruft is a Korean-speaking and allegedly state-sponsored threat actor that usually targets organizations and companies with links to the Korean peninsula. Th...

“Funky malware format” found in Ocean Lotus sample

Recently, at the SAS conference I talked about "Funky malware formats"—atypical executable formats used by malware that are only loaded by proprietary loaders. Malware authors use them in order to make static detection more difficult, because custom formats are not recognized as executable by AV...

Microsoft Windows 10 1809 1709 - CSRSS SxSSrv Cached Manifest Privilege Escalation

Microsoft Windows 10 1809 1709 - CSRSS SxSSrv Cached Manifest Privilege Escalation Windows: CSRSS SxSSrv Cached Manifest EoP Platform: Windows 10 1809, 1709 Class: Elevation of Privilege Security Boundary per Windows Security Service Criteria: User boundary and others Summary: The SxS manifest...

Internet Bug Bounty: Local Privilege Escalation during execution of VeraCryptExpander.exe (UAC bypass)

Summary: Your VeraCryptExpander.exe is vulnerable to a Local Privilege Escalation UAC BYPASS during execution. The issue is located here: https://github.com/veracrypt/VeraCrypt/blob/a108db7c85248a3b61d0c89c086922332249f518/src/ExpandVolume/VeraCryptExpander.manifest...

Patched WinRAR Bug Still Under Active Attack—Thanks to No Auto-Updates

Various cyber criminal groups and individual hackers are still exploiting a recently patched critical code execution vulnerability in WinRAR, a popular Windows file compression application with 500 million users worldwide. Why? Because the WinRAR software doesn't have an auto-update feature, whic...

Microsoft Windows - '.reg' File / Dialog Box Message Spoofing

Credits: John Page aka hyp3rlinx + Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org + Source: http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MICROSOFT-WINDOWS-.REG-FILE-DIALOG-BOX-MESSAGE-SPOOFING.txt + ISR: ApparitionSec Vendor www.microsoft.com Product A file with the .reg file extension is a Registration file...

Critical WinRAR Flaw Found Actively Being Exploited

A critical 19-year-old WinRAR vulnerability disclosed last week has now been spotted actively being exploited in a spam campaign spreading malware. The campaign, discovered by researchers with 360 Threat Intelligence Center, takes advantage of a path-traversal WinRAR vulnerability, which could...

Latest WinRAR Flaw Being Exploited in the Wild to Hack Windows Computers

It's not just the critical Drupal vulnerability that is being exploited by in the wild cybercriminals to attack vulnerable websites that have not yet applied patches already available by its developers, but hackers are also exploiting a critical WinRAR vulnerability that was also revealed last...

Windows Escalate UAC Protection Bypass (Via SilentCleanup)

There's a task in Windows Task Scheduler called "SilentCleanup" which, while it's executed as Users, automatically runs with elevated privileges. When it runs, it executes the file %windir%\system32\cleanmgr.exe. Since it runs as Users, and we can control user's environment variables, %windir%...

Windows 10 UAC Protection Bypass Via Windows Store (WSReset.exe) and Registry

This module exploits a flaw in the WSReset.exe file associated with the Windows Store. This binary has autoelevate privs, and it will run a binary file contained in a low-privilege registry location. By placing a link to the binary in the registry location, WSReset.exe will launch the binary as a...

LOLBAS - Living Off The Land Binaries And Scripts (LOLBins And LOLScripts)

The goal of the LOLBAS project is to document every binary, script, and library that can be used for Living Off The Land techniques. All the different files can be found behind a fancy frontend here: https://lolbas-project.github.io thanks @ConsciousHacker for this bit of eyecandy and the team ov...