Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com (c) 2021 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/1d40e72fb8cf300298df4b828b48ec29.txt Contact: malvuln13@gmail.com Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: HEUR.Hoax.Win32.FrauDrop.gen Vulnerability: Insecure Permissions Description: FrauDrop.gen creates an insecure dir named "newdnswatch" under c:\ drive and grants change (C) permissions to the authenticated user group. Standard users can rename the executables dropped by the malware to disable it or replace it with their own executable. Then wait for a privileged user to logon to the infected machine to potentially escalate privileges Type: PE32 MD5: 1d40e72fb8cf300298df4b828b48ec29 Vuln ID: MVID-2021-0170 Dropped files: config.bin, newdnswatch.exe Disclosure: 04/13/2021 Exploit/PoC: C:\>cacls newdnswatch C:\newdnswatch BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)(ID)F NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)(ID)F BUILTIN\Users:(OI)(CI)(ID)R NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users:(ID)C NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users:(OI)(CI)(IO)(ID)C C:\>dir newdnswatch Volume in drive C has no label. Directory of C:\newdnswatch 04/11/2021 10:13 PM 5,677 config.bin 02/10/2018 01:21 AM 131,072 newdnswatch.exe 2 File(s) 136,749 bytes Disclaimer: The information contained within this advisory is supplied "as-is" with no warranties or guarantees of fitness of use or otherwise. Permission is hereby granted for the redistribution of this advisory, provided that it is not altered except by reformatting it, and that due credit is given. Permission is explicitly given for insertion in vulnerability databases and similar, provided that due credit is given to the author. The author is not responsible for any misuse of the information contained herein and accepts no responsibility for any damage caused by the use or misuse of this information. The author prohibits any malicious use of security related information or exploits by the author or elsewhere. Do not attempt to download Malware samples. The author of this website takes no responsibility for any kind of damages occurring from improper Malware handling or the downloading of ANY Malware mentioned on this website or elsewhere. All content Copyright (c) Malvuln.com (TM).