📄 Description (English)
HTTPDebuggerPro 9.11 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted binary path in the service configuration to inject malicious executables and gain elevated access to the system.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
HTTPDebuggerPro 9.11 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability (CVE-2021-47762) allowing local attackers to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. This privilege escalation vulnerability exploits improper service configuration where the binary path lacks quotes, enabling attackers to inject malicious executables. While no public exploit is available, the vulnerability poses significant risk to organizations using this debugging tool in development and testing environments.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 27, 2026 17:19
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi organizations in financial services (SAMA-regulated banks), government agencies (NCA oversight), and telecommunications (STC, Mobily) that utilize HTTPDebuggerPro in development environments face elevated risk. The vulnerability enables privilege escalation from local user to SYSTEM level, potentially compromising development infrastructure, source code repositories, and sensitive testing environments. Government entities and critical infrastructure operators are particularly vulnerable if this tool is deployed on administrative workstations or development servers handling classified or sensitive data.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Government
Banking and Financial Services
Telecommunications
Energy and Utilities
Healthcare
Software Development and IT Services
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
T1547.001 - Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
T1547.011 - Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Services
T1134.003 - Access Token Manipulation: Make and Impersonate Token
T1548.004 - Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Elevated Execution with Prompt
T1574.008 - Hijacking Execution Flow: DLL Search Order Hijacking
T1036.003 - Masquerading: Rename System Utilities
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
6.8
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
1. IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
- Identify all systems running HTTPDebuggerPro 9.11 across development and testing environments
- Restrict local access to systems running HTTPDebuggerPro through access controls and network segmentation
- Implement principle of least privilege for user accounts on affected systems
2. PATCHING GUIDANCE:
- Upgrade HTTPDebuggerPro to version 9.12 or later immediately
- Verify patch installation by checking service binary path configuration
3. COMPENSATING CONTROLS (if immediate patching not possible):
- Disable HTTPDebuggerPro service if not actively in use
- Implement Windows AppLocker policies to prevent unauthorized executable execution
- Deploy Host-based Intrusion Detection System (HIDS) monitoring for service path modifications
- Restrict local administrative access to development systems
4. DETECTION RULES:
- Monitor Windows Event Viewer for service creation/modification events (Event ID 7045)
- Alert on suspicious executable creation in system paths (C:\Windows\, C:\Program Files\)
- Track registry modifications to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
- Monitor for privilege escalation attempts from HTTPDebuggerPro process context
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
1. الإجراءات الفورية:
- تحديد جميع الأنظمة التي تقوم بتشغيل HTTPDebuggerPro 9.11 في بيئات التطوير والاختبار
- تقييد الوصول المحلي للأنظمة التي تقوم بتشغيل HTTPDebuggerPro من خلال عناصر التحكم في الوصول وتقسيم الشبكة
- تطبيق مبدأ أقل امتياز لحسابات المستخدمين على الأنظمة المتأثرة
2. إرشادات التصحيح:
- ترقية HTTPDebuggerPro إلى الإصدار 9.12 أو أحدث على الفور
- التحقق من تثبيت التصحيح بفحص إعدادات مسار الملف الثنائي للخدمة
3. عناصر التحكم البديلة (إذا لم يكن التصحيح الفوري ممكناً):
- تعطيل خدمة HTTPDebuggerPro إذا لم تكن قيد الاستخدام النشط
- تطبيق سياسات Windows AppLocker لمنع تنفيذ الملفات التنفيذية غير المصرح بها
- نشر نظام كشف الاختراق القائم على المضيف (HIDS) لمراقبة تعديلات مسار الخدمة
- تقييد الوصول الإداري المحلي لأنظمة التطوير
4. قواعد الكشف:
- مراقبة Windows Event Viewer لأحداث إنشاء/تعديل الخدمة (معرّف الحدث 7045)
- تنبيه عند إنشاء ملف تنفيذي مريب في مسارات النظام (C:\Windows\, C:\Program Files\)
- تتبع تعديلات السجل على HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
- مراقبة محاولات تصعيد الامتيازات من سياق عملية HTTPDebuggerPro
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC 2024 A.5.1.1 - Access Control Policies
ECC 2024 A.5.2.1 - User Registration and De-registration
ECC 2024 A.5.3.1 - Access Rights Review
ECC 2024 A.8.1.1 - Asset Inventory and Ownership
ECC 2024 A.12.2.1 - Change Management Procedures
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.AM-1 - Physical and Cyber Assets
PR.AC-1 - Access Control Policy
PR.AC-4 - Access Rights Management
DE.CM-1 - System Monitoring
RS.MI-2 - Incident Response Procedures
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.5.1.1 - Policies for the use of information and other associated assets
A.5.2.1 - User registration and access rights provisioning
A.5.3.1 - Access rights review
A.8.1.1 - Inventory of assets
A.12.2.1 - Change management