HealthMonitor 3.1 Unquoted Service Path

HealthMonitor version 3.1 suffers from an unquoted service path vulnerability.


MD5 | 35b5e053a053713f730c5ced5872719a

# Exploit Title: HealthMonitor 3.1 -  Unquoted Service Path
# Discovery by: yunaranyancat
# Discovery Date: October 2020
# Vendor Homepage: https://sourceforge.net/projects/healthmonitor/
# Software Link : https://sourceforge.net/projects/healthmonitor/files/HealthMonitor%20Application/3.1%20Stable/HealthMonitor_3.1Stable.zip/download
# Tested Version: 3.1
# Vulnerability Type: Unquoted Service Path
# Tested on OS: Windows 10

# Vulnerability discovery:

Registry value : HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\HealthMonitor

# Service info:

C:\>sc qc HealthMonitor
[SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: HealthMonitor
TYPE : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
START_TYPE : 2 AUTO_START
ERROR_CONTROL : 1 Normal
BINARY_PATH_NAME : C:\Program Files (x86)\HealthMonitor\HealthMonitor.exe
LOAD_ORDER_GROUP :
TAG : 0
DISPLAY_NAME : HealthMonitor
DEPENDENCIES : winmgmt
: SysmonLog
SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem

# Exploit:
This vulnerability could permit executing code during startup or reboot with the escalated privileges.

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