HP WMI Service 1.4.8.0 - 'HPWMISVC.exe' Unquoted Service Path

EDB-ID:

49010

CVE:

N/A




Platform:

Windows

Date:

2020-11-09


#Exploit Title: HP WMI Service 1.4.8.0 - 'HPWMISVC.exe' Unquoted Service Path
#Discovery by: Jocelyn Arenas
#Discovery Date: 2020-11-07
#Vendor Homepage: https://www8.hp.com/mx/es/home.html
#Tested Version: 1.4.8.0 
#Vulnerability Type: Unquoted Service Path
#Tested on OS: Windows 10 Home x64 es

# Step to discover Unquoted Service Path:

C:\>wmic service get name, displayname, pathname, startmode | findstr /i "auto" | findstr /i /v "C:\windows\\" | findstr /i /v """


HPWMISVC               HPWMISVC            c:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP System Event\HPWMISVC.exe               Auto


#Service info:

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

SERVICE_NAME       : HPWMISVC
        TYPE               : 110  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS (interactive)
        START_TYPE         : 2   AUTO_START
        ERROR_CONTROL      : 1   NORMAL
        BINARY_PATH_NAME   : c:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP System Event\HPWMISVC.exe
        LOAD_ORDER_GROUP   :
        TAG                : 0
        DISPLAY_NAME       : HPWMISVC
        DEPENDENCIES       :
        SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem




#Exploit:

A successful attempt would require the local user to be able to insert their code in the system root path undetected by the OS or other security 
applications where it could potentially be executed during application startup or reboot. If successful, the local user's code would execute with 
the elevated privileges of the application.