MS02-003: WinReg Remote Registry Key Manipulation (316056)

high Nessus Plugin ID 11309

Synopsis

Local users can elevate their privileges.

Description

The key HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurePipeServers\winreg is writeable by non-administrators.

The installation software of Microsoft Exchange sets this key to a world-writeable mode.

Local users could use this misconfiguration to escalate their privileges on this host.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for the Windows NT, 2000 and XP.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2002/ms02-003

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 11309

File Name: smb_nt_ms02-003.nasl

Version: 1.40

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 3/2/2003

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows, cpe:/a:microsoft:exchange_server

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/7/2002

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0049

BID: 4053

CERT: 978131

MSFT: MS02-003

MSKB: 316056