Authored by Saud Alenazi

BattlEye version 0.9 suffers from an unquoted service path vulnerability.

# Exploit Title: BattlEye 0.9 - 'BEService' Unquoted Service Path
# Date: 09/03/2022
# Exploit Author: Saud Alenazi
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.battleye.com/
# Software Link: https://www.battleye.com/downloads/
# Version: 0.94
# Tested: Windows 10 Pro
# Contact: https://twitter.com/dmaral3noz


C:Userssaudh>sc qc BEService

[SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: BEService
TYPE : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
START_TYPE : 3 DEMAND_START
ERROR_CONTROL : 1 NORMAL
BINARY_PATH_NAME : C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesBattlEyeBEService.exe
LOAD_ORDER_GROUP :
TAG : 0
DISPLAY_NAME : BattlEye Service
DEPENDENCIES :
SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem


#Exploit:

A successful attempt would require the local user to be able to insert their code in the system root path undetected by the OS or other security applications where it could potentially be executed during application startup or reboot. If successful, the local user's code would execute with the elevated privileges of the application.