module

Windows NTUserMessageCall Win32k Kernel Pool Overflow (Schlamperei)

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Disclosed
Dec 1, 2013
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module leverages a kernel pool overflow in Win32k which allows local privilege escalation.
The kernel shellcode nulls the ACL for the winlogon.exe process (a SYSTEM process).
This allows any unprivileged process to freely migrate to winlogon.exe, achieving
privilege escalation. This exploit was used in pwn2own 2013 by MWR to break out of chrome's sandbox.
NOTE: when a meterpreter session started by this exploit exits, winlogin.exe is likely to crash.

Authors

Nils
Jon
Donato Capitella [email protected]
Ben Campbell [email protected]

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/ms13_053_schlamperei
    msf exploit(ms13_053_schlamperei) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(ms13_053_schlamperei) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(ms13_053_schlamperei) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(ms13_053_schlamperei) > exploit
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