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NSClient++ 0.5.2.35 - Privilege escalation

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Disclosed
Oct 20, 2020
Created
Jul 6, 2021

Description

This module allows an attacker with an unprivileged windows account to gain admin access on windows system and start a shell.
For this module to work, both the NSClient++ web interface and `ExternalScripts` features must be enabled.
You must also know where the NSClient config file is, as it is used to read the admin password which is stored in clear text.

Authors

kindredsec
BZYO
Yann Castel (yann.castel Yann Castel ([email protected])

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