examples:

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

winbrand.dll

Vendor: Microsoft

Expected Location: %SYSTEM32%

Vulnerable Executables:

• %SYSTEM32%\bdehdcfg.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\licensediag.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\slui.exe (Sideloading)
• %SYSTEM32%\systempropertiesadvanced.exe (Sideloading) [AutoElevate]
• %SYSTEM32%\systemsettingsadminflows.exe (Sideloading) [AutoElevate]

Acknowledgement: Wietze

Acknowledgement: Chris Spehn