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MS14-015: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2930275)

high Nessus Plugin ID 72934

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Synopsis

The Windows kernel drivers on the remote host are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote Windows host has the following vulnerabilities :

 - A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Windows kernel-mode driver due to improper handling of objects in memory. If successfully exploited, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application in kernel mode to take control of the system. (CVE-2014-0300)

 - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Windows kernel-mode driver due to improper handling of objects in memory. An attacker could exploit this issue to disclose information from kernel memory on the local system. (CVE-2014-0323)

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7, 2008 R2, 8, 2012, 8.1 and 2012 R2.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2014/ms14-015

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 72934

File Name: smb_nt_ms14-015.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 3/11/2014

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2014

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0300, CVE-2014-0323

BID: 66003, 66007

MSFT: MS14-015

MSKB: 2930275