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mstracer.dll

mstracer.dll — Phantom hijacking (Microsoft)

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mstracer.dll
mstracer.dll

Sandbox: execFile · Timeout: 30s

Capabilities

security.defenseevasion.dll-hijack

Documentation

examples:

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

mstracer.dll

Vendor: Microsoft

Vulnerable Executables:

  • %SYSTEM32%\searchindexer.exe (Phantom)
  • %SYSTEM32%\searchprotocolhost.exe (Phantom)

Acknowledgement: Adam

References