Spybot Search/Destroy 1.6.2 SBSDWSCService privileges management

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A vulnerability has been found in Spybot Search and Destroy 1.6.2 and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component SBSDWSCService. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Spybot Search and Destroy 1.6.2. This affects an unknown part of the component SBSDWSCService. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 03/16/2015 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at zeroscience.mk. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

The application suffers from an unquoted search path issue impacting the service 'SBSDWSCService' for Windows deployed as part of Spybot S&D. This could potentially allow an authorized but non-privileged local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the system. A successful attempt would require the local user to be able to insert their code in the system root path undetected by the OS or other security applications where it could potentially be executed during application startup or reboot. If successful, the local user’s code would execute with the elevated privileges of the application.

After 1 days, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (101748) and Exploit-DB (36417). Further details are available at packetstormsecurity.com. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Spybot

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• Destroy
• Search

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• 1.6.2

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