ProtonVPN 1.10.1 DLL Hijacking & Privilege Escalation

2019.09.10
Risk: Medium
Local: Yes
Remote: No
CVE: N/A
CWE: N/A

Title: ProtonVPN 1.10.1 DLL Hijacking & Privilege Escalation Date: 2019-09-10 Author: Nir Yehoshua Vendor: https://protonvpn.com/ Version: ProtonVPN Windows Installer 1.10.1 Tested on: Windows Windows 10 x64 [eng] Description: A local DLL hijacking vulnerability has been discovered in ProtonVPN Installer 1.10.1. The issue allows local attackers to load their DLL into ProtonVPN.exe and execute the DLL. In my demo, I executed my malicious DLL to get meterpreter reverse TCP shell with SYSTEM privileges on the victim OS. Vulnerable Library: wlanapi.dll (x64) Location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\

References:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr8Z8af5n6w


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