examples:

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

mpr.dll

Vendor: Microsoft

Expected Location: %SYSTEM32%

Vulnerable Executables:

• %SYSTEM32%\bootcfg.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\dcdiag.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\dfsrdiag.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\driverquery.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\dsmgmt.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\eventcreate.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\filehistory.exe (Environment Variable)
• %SYSTEM32%\getmac.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\gpresult.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\iesettingsync.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\net.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\ntdsutil.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\openfiles.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\pnpunattend.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\rdpclip.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\rekeywiz.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\repadmin.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\sdclt.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\setupugc.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\systeminfo.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\taskkill.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\waitfor.exe (Sideloading)

Acknowledgement: Wietze

Acknowledgement: Chris Spehn