Backdoor.Win32.Agent.bjev Insecure Permissions

Backdoor.Win32.Agent.bjev malware suffers from an insecure permissions vulnerability.


MD5 | 85ed0e19538a8e28e966b067a0d93c9c

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com (c) 2021
Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/35cf54a19efcdeaa41899647075c7ef9.txt
Contact: [email protected]
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Threat: Backdoor.Win32.Agent.bjev
Vulnerability: Insecure Permissions
Description: Agent.bjev creates an insecure dir named "Windupdt" under c:\ drive, granting change permissions (C) to the authenticated user group. Standard users can rename the malware to disable it or replace with their own executable. Then wait for a privileged user to logon to the infected machine to potentially escalate privileges.
Type: PE32
MD5: 35cf54a19efcdeaa41899647075c7ef9
Vuln ID: MVID-2021-0123
Dropped files: winupdate.exe
Disclosure: 03/06/2021

Exploit/PoC:
C:\>cacls \Windupdt
C:\Windupdt BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)(ID)F
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)(ID)F
BUILTIN\Users:(OI)(CI)(ID)R
NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users:(ID)C
NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users:(OI)(CI)(IO)(ID)C

C:\Windupdt>dir /a
Volume in drive C has no label.

Directory of C:\Windupdt

06/17/2012 12:16 AM 974,848 winupdate.exe
1 File(s) 974,848 bytes


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