Arbitrary web root file read in Sitecore before v10.4.0 rev. 010422

As part of our continuous pentesting offering, we try to identify solutions used by multiple clients to guide our research efforts to deliver the greatest impact. That is why, recently, we spent some time searching for vulnerabilities within Sitecore to find what we initially thought to be a 0-day, but ended up having been already patched some time earlier.

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Exploiting KsecDD through Server Silos

Earlier this year, an intriguing admin-to-kernel technique was published by @floesen_ in the form of a proof-of-concept (PoC) on GitHub. The author mentioned a strong limitation involving LSASS and Server Silos, without providing much details about it. This piqued our interest, so we decided to give it a second look…

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Ghost in the PPL Part 3: LSASS Memory Dump

Following my failed attempt to achieve arbitrary code execution within a protected LSASS process using the BYOVDLL technique and an N-day exploit in the KeyIso service, I took a step back, and reconsidered my life choices opted for a less ambitious solution: a (not so) simple memory dump. After all, when it comes to LSASS, we are mostly interested in extracting credentials stored in memory.

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Ghost in the PPL Part 2: From BYOVDLL to Arbitrary Code Execution in LSASS

In the previous part, I showed how a technique called “Bring Your Own Vulnerable DLL” (BYOVDLL) could be used to reintroduce known vulnerabilities in LSASS, even when it’s protected. In this second part, I’m going to discuss the strategies I considered and explored to improve my proof-of-concept, and hopefully achieve arbitrary code execution.

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Insomni’hack 2024 – Bash to the Future writeup

The Challenge

You have been contracted to help COPERNIC Inc spot the light on a potential compromise. It seems that one of their scientists has been spied through a 20 years old malware… And fortunately, Zeus was on your side since the 4 Gb snapshot was carried out at the best possible time to facilitate your analysis.

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A Deep Dive into TPM-based BitLocker Drive Encryption

When I investigated CVE-2022-41099, a BitLocker Drive Encryption bypass through the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), the fact that the latter was able to transparently access an encrypted drive without requiring the recovery password struck me. My initial thought was that there had to be a way to reproduce this behavior and obtain the master key from the Recovery Environment (WinRE). The outcome of a generic BitLocker bypass was too tempting not to explore this idea…

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