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Application:  Rising Antivirus 2009
           
Platforms:    Windows XP Professional SP2

Exploitation: Privilege Escalation

Date:         2009-10-26

Author:       Francis Provencher (Protek Research Lab's)

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1) Introduction
2) Technical details
3) The Code (N/A)

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1) Introduction

Rising Antivirus 2009

Protects your computers against all types of viruses, Trojans, Worms, Rootkits and other malicious programs. Ease of use,
Active Defense technology, Patented Unknown Virus Scan&Clean technology and Patented Smartupdate technology make RISING
Antivirus ' install-and-forget ' product that lets you focus on what you really want to do.

(from Rising Anti-virus website)

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2) Technical details

Rising Antivirus 2009
Build 21.28.32

All files under the install folder have Full control for BUILTIN\users and can be replace with malicious files.

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C:\Program Files\Rising\Rav\RavTask.exe BUILTIN\Utilisateurs:F
                                        BUILTIN\Utilisateurs avec pouvoir:C
                                        BUILTIN\Administrateurs:F
                                        AUTORITE NT\SYSTEM:F
                                        FUZZYXP\francis:F
… snip …

C:\>WHOAMI.EXE
FUZZYXP\francis

C:\>telnet 127.0.0.1 4444

C:\>WHOAMI.EXE
WHOAMI.EXE
AUTORITE NT\SYSTEM

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3) The Code

N\A

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(PRL-2009-13)

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