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CVE-2022-45304: Vuln/cmder-weak-permission-vuln.md at main · ycdxsb/Vuln

Insecure permissions in Chocolatey Cmder package v1.3.20 and below grants all users in the Authenticated Users group write privileges for the path C:\tools\Cmder and all files located in that folder.

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Incorrect default permission of Cmder if installed by chocolatey****Basic Info

Description:If we use chocolaty to install cmder in windows System.The default install dir of cmder is C:\tools\Cmder, howerver, the permission of C:\tools\Cmder is inherited from C:, so all Users in Authenticated Users group have write permission of path C:\tools\Cmder and files in it.

Vuln Type: CWE-276

Website: https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/cmder

Install Command : choco install cmder --version=1.3.20

Vuln Version: cmder 1.3.20 and below

Vuln Analyse

  • Use chocolatey to install Cmder in Windows system

  • We can see that All Users in Authenticated Users group have write permission of C:\tools\Cmder and files in it.

So an attacker with low privilege can hijack binary likeC:\tools\Cmder\Cmder.exe to execute arbitrary code when administrator or other users use cmder installed by chocolatey.

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