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MQAC.sys Arbitrary Write Privilege Escalation

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Disclosed
Jul 22, 2014
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

A vulnerability within the MQAC.sys module allows an attacker to
overwrite an arbitrary location in kernel memory.

This module will elevate itself to SYSTEM, then inject the payload
into another SYSTEM process.

Authors

Matt Bergin
Spencer McIntyre

Platform

Windows

Architectures

x86

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use exploit/windows/local/mqac_write
    msf exploit(mqac_write) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(mqac_write) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(mqac_write) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(mqac_write) > exploit
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