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shfolder.dll

shfolder.dll — Sideloading hijacking (VMWare)

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shfolder.dll
shfolder.dll

Sandbox: execFile · Timeout: 30s

Capabilities

security.defenseevasion.dll-hijack

Documentation

examples:

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

shfolder.dll

Vendor: VMWare

Expected Location: %SYSTEM32%

Vulnerable Executables:

  • %SYSTEM32%\VMNat.exe (Sideloading)

References