module

Windows AlwaysInstallElevated MSI

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Disclosed
2010-03-18
Created
2018-05-30

Description

This module checks the AlwaysInstallElevated registry keys which dictates if
.MSI files should be installed with elevated privileges (NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM).
The generated .MSI file has an embedded executable which is extracted and run
by the installer. After execution the .MSI file intentionally fails installation
(by calling some invalid VBS) to prevent it being registered on the system.
By running this with the /quiet argument the error will not be seen by the user.

Authors

Ben Campbell eat_meatballs@hotmail.co.uk
Parvez Anwar

Platform

Windows

Architectures

x86, x64

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/always_install_elevated
    msf exploit(always_install_elevated) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(always_install_elevated) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(always_install_elevated) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(always_install_elevated) > exploit
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