examples:

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

mswsock.dll

Vendor: Microsoft

Expected Location: %SYSTEM32%

Vulnerable Executables:

• %SYSTEM32%\alg.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\curl.exe (Environment Variable)
• %SYSTEM32%\devicecensus.exe (Environment Variable)
• %SYSTEM32%\finger.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\fsquirt.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\ftp.exe (Environment Variable)
• %SYSTEM32%\hostname.exe (Environment Variable)
• %SYSTEM32%\nbtstat.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\nslookup.exe (Environment Variable)
• %SYSTEM32%\rpcping.exe (Environment Variable)
• %SYSTEM32%\stordiag.exe (Environment Variable)
• %PROGRAMFILES%\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe (Environment Variable)
• %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe (Environment Variable)
• %PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe (Environment Variable)
• %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\root\Office%VERSION%\excel.exe (Environment Variable)
• %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\root\Office%VERSION%\outlook.exe (Environment Variable)
• %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\root\Office%VERSION%\powerpnt.exe (Environment Variable)
• %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\root\Office%VERSION%\winword.exe (Environment Variable)
• %APPDATA%\Zoom\bin\zoom.exe (Environment Variable)
• %PROGRAMFILES%\WindowsApps\MicrosoftTeams%VERSION%\msteams.exe (Environment Variable)
• %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application%VERSION%\msedgewebview2.exe (Environment Variable)
• %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\root\Office%VERSION%\msaccess.exe (Environment Variable)
• %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\root\Office%VERSION%\mspub.exe (Environment Variable)
• %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\root\Office%VERSION%\onenote.exe (Environment Variable)
• %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\root\Office%VERSION%\scanpst.exe (Environment Variable)
• %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\root\Office%VERSION%\sdxhelper.exe (Environment Variable)

Acknowledgement: Wietze

Acknowledgement: Chris Spehn