GitHub Advisoryadvisory · NuGet

GHSA-wq88-fq4x-h2pm WiX Burn-based bundles are vulnerable to binary hijack when run as SYSTEM

HIGH Published 2024-03-25 Modified 2024-03-25 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
NuGet
Packages
PanelSW.Custom.WiX
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Reviewed
2024-03-25

Affected packages

• NuGet PanelSW.Custom.WiX: < 3.15.0-a46 → fixed in 3.15.0-a46

Description

Summary Burn uses an unprotected C:\Windows\Temp directory to copy binaries and run them from there. This directory is not entirely protected against low privilege users. Details When a bundle runs as SYSTEM user, Burn uses GetTempPathW which points to an insecure directory C:\Windows\Temp to drop and load multiple binaries. Standard users can hijack the binary before it's loaded in the application resulting in elevation of privileges. ``` icacls c:\windows\temp BUILTIN\Users:(CI)(S,WD,AD,X) BUILTIN\Administrators:(F) BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(F) NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F) ``` Built in users(non-administrators) have special permissions to this folder and can create files and write to this directory. While they do not have explicit read permissions, there is a way they can monitor the changes to this directory using ReadDirectoryChangesW API and thus figure out randomized folder names created inside this directory as wel PoC PoC works against the against visual studio enterprise with update 3 installer Reproduction steps As a standard user, run the poc. Mount the iso and run visual studio installer as local system account. The PoC should hijack the the binaries dropped by vs installer and a child process "notepad.exe" will be running. Impact This is an Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability where a low privileged user can hijack binaries in an unprotected path C:\Windows\Temp to elevate to the SYSTEM user privileges.

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