examples:

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

dnsapi.dll

Vendor: Microsoft

Expected Location: %SYSTEM32%

Vulnerable Executables:

• %SYSTEM32%\checknetisolation.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\dcdiag.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\dnscmd.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\edpcleanup.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\ipconfig.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\lpremove.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\msdtc.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\netdom.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\netsh.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\nslookup.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\rendom.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\repadmin.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\securityhealthservice.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\setupugc.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\sihclient.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\spoolsv.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\sppextcomobj.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\systempropertiesadvanced.exe (Sideloading) [AutoElevate]
• %SYSTEM32%\systemsettingsadminflows.exe (Sideloading) [AutoElevate]
• %SYSTEM32%\tieringengineservice.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\wbengine.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\wkspbroker.exe (Sideloading)

Acknowledgement: Wietze

Acknowledgement: Chris Spehn