Windows Escalate UAC Protection Bypass (In Memory Injection) abusing WinSXS
Description
This module will bypass Windows UAC by utilizing the trusted publisher certificate through process injection. It will spawn a second shell that has the UAC flag turned off by abusing the way "WinSxS" works in Windows systems. This module uses the Reflective DLL Injection technique to drop only the DLL payload binary instead of three seperate binaries in the standard technique. However, it requires the correct architecture to be selected, (use x64 for SYSWOW64 systems also).
Author(s)
- Ernesto Fernandez "L3cr0f" <ernesto.fernpro@gmail.com>
Platform
Windows
Development
Module Options
To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':
msf > use exploit/windows/local/bypassuac_injection_winsxs
msf exploit(bypassuac_injection_winsxs) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(bypassuac_injection_winsxs) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(bypassuac_injection_winsxs) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(bypassuac_injection_winsxs) > exploit
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