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iPass Mobile Client Service Privilege Escalation

Disclosed
03/12/2015
Created
05/30/2018

Description

The named pipe, \IPEFSYSPCPIPE, can be accessed by normal users to interact with the iPass service. The service provides a LaunchAppSysMode command which allows to execute arbitrary commands as SYSTEM.

Author(s)

  • h0ng10

Platform

Windows

Architectures

x86

Development

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

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