Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/a229acff4e0605ad24eaf3d9c44fdb1b.txt
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Threat: Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.irv
Vulnerability: Insecure Permissions
Description: DarkKomet.irv creates an insecure dir named "Windupdt"
under c:\ drive, granting change (C) permissions to authenticated
user group. Standard users can rename the malware and reboot to
disable it or replace it with their own executable to escalate
privileges when a privileged user logs on. DarkKomet also creates
auto start registry keys under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Userinit" and drops three other files
under "AppData\Local\Temp". To successfully rename the malware we
have to call Windows "attrib -h" command to unhide the executable
or the rename will fail.
Type: PE32
MD5: a229acff4e0605ad24eaf3d9c44fdb1b
Vuln ID: MVID-2021-0105
Dropped files: winupdate.exe, [TGS]CAPUB V1.11.EXE, [TGS]CAPUB
V1.11.DLL, dclogs.sys
Disclosure: 02/21/2021
Exploit/PoC:
#include "stdio.h"
#include "windows.h"
void main(void){
system("attrib -h C:\\Windupdt\\winupdate.exe");
puts("Unhiding the malware to rename it...");
system("RENAME C:\\Windupdt\\winupdate.exe 13");
Sleep(1000);
printf("[+] Disabled persistence by renaming winupdate.exe to 13
...\n");
printf("Restart your computer ...");
puts("[+] Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.irv PWNED!\n");
puts("[+] MD5: a229acff4e0605ad24eaf3d9c44fdb1b\n");
puts("[+] By Malvuln\n");
system("pause");
}
C:\Windupdt BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)(ID)F
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)(ID)F
BUILTIN\Users:(OI)(CI)(ID)R
NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users:(ID)C
NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users:(OI)(CI)(IO)(ID)C
C:\>dir \Windupdt
Volume in drive C has no label.
Directory of C:\Windupdt
C:\>dir /a \Windupdt
Volume in drive C has no label.
Directory of C:\Windupdt
06/14/2012 10:58 PM 1,433,088 winupdate.exe
1 File(s) 1,537,340 bytes
2 Dir(s) 49,992,314,880 bytes free
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