Rapid7 Nexpose Installer 6.6.39 – ‘nexposeengine’ Unquoted Service Path
# Exploit Title: Rapid7 Nexpose Installer 6.6.39 - 'nexposeengine' Unquoted Service Path # Date: 2020-08-31 # Exploit Author: Angelo D'Amato # Vendor Homepage: https://www.rapid7.com # Version: <=6.6.39 # CVE :N/A Rapid7 Nexpose Installer 6.6.39 Local Privilege Escalation Vendor: Rapid7 Product web page: https://www.rapid7.com Affected version: <=6.6.39 Summary: Rapid7 Nexpose is a vulnerability scanner which aims to support the entire vulnerability management lifecycle, including discovery, detection, verification, risk classification, impact analysis, reporting and mitigation. It integrates with Rapid7's Metasploit for vulnerability exploitation. Desc: Rapid7 Nexpose installer version prior to 6.6.40 uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path, allowing local privilege escalation. Tested on: Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise, x64-based PC Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard, x64-based PC Vulnerability discovered by Angelo D'Amato @zeroscience Advisory ID: ZSL-2019-5587 Advisory URL: https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5587.php 07.08.2020 -- C:\Users\test>sc qc nexposeengine [SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS SERVICE_NAME: nexposeengine TYPE : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS START_TYPE : 2 AUTO_START ERROR_CONTROL : 0 IGNORE BINARY_PATH_NAME : C:\Program Files\rapid7\nexpose\nse\bin\nxengine.exe LOAD_ORDER_GROUP : TAG : 0 DISPLAY_NAME : Nexpose Scan Engine DEPENDENCIES : SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem |