Visnetic AntiVirus Plug-in for MailServer Local Privilege Escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 20993

Synopsis

The remote Windows application is prone to a local privilege escalation issue.

Description

The version of VisNetic AntiVirus Plug-in for MailServer installed on the remote host does not drop its privileges before invoking other programs. An attacker with local access can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary programs on the affected host with LOCAL SYSTEM privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to VisNetic AntiVirus Plug-in for VisNetic MailServer version 4.6.1.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20993

File Name: visnetic_antivirus_priv_escalation.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 3/3/2006

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, 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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0812

BID: 16788

Detections

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