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Panda Security PSEvents Privilege Escalation

Disclosed
06/27/2016
Created
05/30/2018

Description

PSEvents.exe within several Panda Security products runs hourly with SYSTEM privileges. When run, it checks a user writable folder for certain DLL files, and if any are found they are automatically run. Vulnerable Products: Panda Global Protection 2016 (<=16.1.2) Panda Antivirus Pro 2016 (<=16.1.2) Panda Small Business Protection (<=16.1.2) Panda Internet Security 2016 (<=16.1.2)

Author(s)

  • h00die <mike@shorebreaksecurity.com>
  • Security-Assessment.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/panda_psevents
msf exploit(panda_psevents) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(panda_psevents) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(panda_psevents) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(panda_psevents) > exploit

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