module

Plantronics Hub SpokesUpdateService Privilege Escalation

Disclosed
2019-08-30
Created
2020-01-15

Description

The Plantronics Hub client application for Windows makes use of an
automatic update service `SpokesUpdateService.exe` which automatically
executes a file specified in the `MajorUpgrade.config` configuration
file as SYSTEM. The configuration file is writable by all users by default.

This module has been tested successfully on Plantronics Hub version 3.13.2
on Windows 7 SP1 (x64).

Authors

Markus Krell
bcoles bcoles@gmail.com

Platform

Windows

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

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