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wininet.dll

wininet.dll — Sideloading hijacking (Microsoft)

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wininet.dll
wininet.dll

Sandbox: execFile · Timeout: 30s

Capabilities

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

Documentation

examples:

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

wininet.dll

Vendor: Microsoft

Expected Location: %SYSTEM32%

Vulnerable Executables:

  • %SYSTEM32%\appvclient.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\browserexport.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\calc.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\certreq.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\computerdefaults.exe (Sideloading) [AutoElevate]
  • %SYSTEM32%\dsregcmd.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\fodhelper.exe (Sideloading) [AutoElevate]
  • %SYSTEM32%\ie4uinit.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\logagent.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\mdmdiagnosticstool.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\mstsc.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\presentationhost.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\quickassist.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\tokenbrokercookies.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\wkspbroker.exe (Sideloading)
  • %SYSTEM32%\wksprt.exe (Sideloading)

Acknowledgement: Wietze

Acknowledgement: Chris Spehn

References