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MQAC.sys Arbitrary Write Privilege Escalation

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MQAC.sys Arbitrary Write Privilege Escalation

Disclosed
07/22/2014
Created
05/30/2018

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.

Author(s)

  • Matt Bergin
  • Spencer McIntyre

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/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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