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profapi.dll

profapi.dll — Sideloading hijacking (Microsoft)

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profapi.dll
profapi.dll

Sandbox: execFile · Timeout: 30s

Capabilities

security.defenseevasion.dll-hijack

Documentation

examples:

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

profapi.dll

Vendor: Microsoft

Expected Location: %SYSTEM32%

Vulnerable Executables:

  • %SYSTEM32%\certreq.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\edpcleanup.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\immersivetpmvscmgrsvr.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\manage-bde.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\mousocoreworker.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\omadmclient.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\provtool.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\rmttpmvscmgrsvr.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\tpmvscmgrsvr.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\usocoreworker.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\wwahost.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\write.exe (Sideloading)
  • %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\Bin\Microsoft.BDD.Catalog35.exe (Sideloading)

Acknowledgement: Chris Spehn

Acknowledgement: Will Summerhill

References