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wevtapi.dll

wevtapi.dll — Sideloading, Environment Variable hijacking (Microsoft)

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wevtapi.dll
wevtapi.dll

Sandbox: execFile · Timeout: 30s

Capabilities

security.defenseevasion.dll-hijack
security.privilegeescalation.dll-hijack

Documentation

examples:

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

wevtapi.dll

Vendor: Microsoft

Expected Location: %SYSTEM32%

Vulnerable Executables:

  • %SYSTEM32%\cidiag.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\dcdiag.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\gpupdate.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\mbaeparsertask.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\netsh.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\nlb.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\packageinspector.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\plasrv.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\tracerpt.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\wecutil.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\wlbs.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\wsreset.exe (Sideloading) [AutoElevate]
  • %SYSTEM32%\filehistory.exe (Environment Variable)
  • %SYSTEM32%\logman.exe (Environment Variable)

Acknowledgement: Wietze

Acknowledgement: Chris Spehn

References