Moriarty

Presented at DEF CON 32 (2024), Aug. 10, 2024, 2 p.m. (105 minutes).

Moriarty is a.NET tool designed to identify vulnerabilities for privilege escalation in Windows environments. Building upon Watson and Sherlock, Moriarty extends their capabilities by incorporating advanced scanning techniques for newer vulnerabilities and integrating additional checks. This tool supports a wide range of Windows versions, from Windows 10 to Windows 11 and Server versions 2016, 2019, and 2022. Moriarty differentiates itself by its ability to enumerate missing KBs and detect a variety of vulnerabilities linked to privilege escalation, offering suggestions for potential exploits. The tool's extensive database includes well-known vulnerabilities such as PrintNightmare (CVE-2021-1675), Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228), and SMBGhost (CVE-2020-0796), among others.

Presenters:

  • Anthony “Coin” Rose - Lead Security Researcher and Chief Operating Officer at BC Security
    Anthony "Coin" Rose, CISSP, is a Lead Security Researcher and Chief Operating Officer at BC Security, where he specializes in adversary tactic emulation planning, Red and Blue Team operations, and embedded systems security. He has presented at numerous security conferences, including Black Hat, DEF CON, HackMiami, and RSA conferences. Anthony is the author of various offensive security tools, including Empire and Starkiller, which he actively develops and maintains. He is recognized for his work, revealing wide-spread vulnerabilities in Bluetooth devices and is the co-author of a cybersecurity blog at https://www.bc-security.org/blog/.
  • Jake “Hubble” Krasnov - Red Team Operations Lead and Chief Executive Officer at BC Security
    Jake "Hubble" Krasnov is the Red Team Operations Lead and Chief Executive Officer of BC Security. He has spent the first half of his career as an Astronautical Engineer overseeing rocket modifications for the Air Force. He then moved into offensive security, running operational cyber testing for fighter aircraft and operating on a red team. Jake has presented at DEF CON, where he taught courses on offensive PowerShell and has been recognized by Microsoft for his discovery of a vulnerability in AMSI. Jake has authored numerous tools, including Invoke-PrintDemon and Invoke-ZeroLogon, and is the co-author of a cybersecurity blog at https://www.bc-security.org/blog/.

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