examples:

• description: "Place malicious cabinet.dll in the search order location" command: "copy malicious.dll "%SYSTEM32%\cabinet.dll""
• description: "Execute the vulnerable binary to trigger the hijack" command: ""%SYSTEM32%\bootim.exe""

cabinet.dll

Vendor: Microsoft

Expected Location: %SYSTEM32%

Vulnerable Executables:

• %SYSTEM32%\bootim.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\certutil.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\cmdl32.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\expand.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\extrac32.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\iesettingsync.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\licensingdiag.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\makecab.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\msdt.exe (Sideloading) [AutoElevate]
• %SYSTEM32%\musnotification.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\musnotificationux.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\netsh.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\plasrv.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\pnputil.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\reagentc.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\recdisc.exe (Sideloading) [AutoElevate]
• %SYSTEM32%\relpost.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\resetengine.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\sdclt.exe (Sideloading) [AutoElevate]
• %SYSTEM32%\sihclient.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\systemreset.exe (Sideloading) [AutoElevate]
• %SYSTEM32%\usocoreworker.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\wextract.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\wimserv.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\wpnpinst.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\logman.exe (Environment Variable)

Acknowledgement: Wietze

Acknowledgement: Chris Spehn