sheed AntiVirus 2.3 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

Vulnerability Description

sheed AntiVirus 2.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the ShavProt service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can insert a malicious executable in the unquoted path and trigger service restart or system reboot to execute code with LocalSystem privileges.

References

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40497
• http://sheedantivirus.ir/
• http://dl.sheedantivirus.ir/setup.exe
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sheed-antivirus-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalation