Intel wireless service s24evmon.exe confidential information disclosure.
S24EvMon.exe is a service which is part (at least) of the Intel PROset/Wireless
software. This application is provided by Intel in order to support intel
Wireless Devices based on Spectrum 24 chipsets.
This service uses a shared memory section which is created without the proper
security descriptor, allowing unprivileged users to perform operations like
Delete, Read or Write into the memory. The section is named
?S24EventManagerSharedMemory?
This shared memory is used to store ,in plain text, confidential information
like WEP Key, Passwords...
The successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow to any
unprivileged user to access confidential information,exposing the network. An
important mitigating factor is that the vulnerability is local, nevertheless
some Malware could take advantage of this flaw.
Further information and exploit code at www.reversemode.com
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Rubén