[Spice-devel] [nsis 1/2] Properly quote path to service binaries
Victor Toso
victortoso at redhat.com
Mon Dec 18 06:59:50 UTC 2017
On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 04:14:49AM -0500, Frediano Ziglio wrote:
> >
> > If these paths are unquoted, and the path contains spaces (C:\Program
> > Files (x86)\...), this could be exploited by putting a binary with a
> > crafted name (C:\Program.exe), leading to privilege escalation as this
> > is a service that is being started.
> >
> > https://www.commonexploits.com/unquoted-service-paths/
> >
> > Bug reported by Chris Moberly
>
> Yes, this is documented in CreateProcess and CreateService, specifically
> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682425(v=vs.85).aspx
> and
> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682450(v=vs.85).aspx
>
> > ---
> > win-guest-tools.nsis | 6 +++---
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/win-guest-tools.nsis b/win-guest-tools.nsis
> > index c54608a..dfcee1d 100644
> > --- a/win-guest-tools.nsis
> > +++ b/win-guest-tools.nsis
> > @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Section "install"
> > CreateDirectory "$INSTDIR\hooks\after_migration"
> > CreateDirectory "$INSTDIR\hooks\before_migration"
> >
> > - ExecWait "$INSTDIR\vcredist_x86.exe /q"
> > + ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\vcredist_x86.exe /q"'
> > !endif
> >
> > SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\32"
>
> No, you should not quote the argument together, should be
>
> ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\vcredist_x86.exe" /q'
>
> > @@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ Function InstallDriver
> > Pop $0
> > StrCpy $1 $R1
> > Push $1
> > - StrCpy $2 "$INSTDIR\drivers\$0"
> > + StrCpy $2 '"$INSTDIR\drivers\$0"'
> > Push $2
> > StrCpy $3 "$2\$R1.inf"
> > Push $3
>
> These are used to call SetupCopyOEMInf (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa376990(v=vs.85).aspx)
> which does not need quoting or are used with right quoting so quoting twice
> is not correct.
>
> > @@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ Function InstallService
> > ${endif}
> >
> > DetailPrint "Installing $R2 service"
> > - SimpleSC::InstallService $R0 $R2 16 2 $R1 "" "" ""
> > + SimpleSC::InstallService $R0 $R2 16 2 '"$R1"' "" "" ""
> > Pop $0
> > ${if} $0 != 0
> > DetailPrint "Failed to install $R2 service: $0"
>
> OT: Where's the current NSIS repository? The one in freedesktop is not fetching.
https://gitlab.com/spice/spice-nsis/
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