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winutils.dll

winutils.dll — Sideloading hijacking (Palo Alto)

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winutils.dll
winutils.dll

Sandbox: execFile · Timeout: 30s

Capabilities

security.defenseevasion.dll-hijack

Documentation

examples:

  • description: "Place malicious winutils.dll in the search order location" command: "copy malicious.dll "%PROGRAMFILES%\Palo Alto Networks\Traps\winutils.dll""
  • description: "Execute the vulnerable binary to trigger the hijack" command: ""%PROGRAMFILES%\Palo Alto Networks\Traps\cydump.exe""

winutils.dll

Vendor: Palo Alto

Expected Location: %PROGRAMFILES%\Palo Alto Networks\Traps

Vulnerable Executables:

  • %PROGRAMFILES%\Palo Alto Networks\Traps\cydump.exe (Sideloading)

References