Nssm-2.24 Privilege Escalation Site

For NSSM 2.24, a critical feature to address privilege escalation vulnerabilities is a Permission Integrity Check & Lockdown module.

Privilege escalation typically occurs not because of a bug in NSSM, but because of misconfigurations in the services it creates. In many cases, these misconfigurations allow a low-privileged user to gain SYSTEM or Administrator access. 1. Unquoted Service Paths nssm-2.24 privilege escalation

Real-World Impact: Why This Matters

1. Persistent Backdoors

Attackers can install a NSSM service pointing to cmd.exe /c net user backdoor P@ssw0rd /add & net localgroup administrators backdoor /add. After the next reboot, the backdoor user is created. For NSSM 2

Attack Walkthrough

Assume:

References and further research

Step 2 – Check your permissions