Novell ZENworks ESM Security Client STEngine Privilege Escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 29896

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains an application that is prone to a local privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

Novell ZENworks Endpoint Security Management (ESM) Security Client is installed on the remote host. It provides a centrally-managed, policy-based firewall for enterprise computers.

The version of this software on the remote host dynamically generates various scripts which are then executed by the application in a directory to which local users have write access and also will run them using the file 'cmd.exe' in that directory. A local user can reportedly leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code on the affected host with SYSTEM level privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to ZENworks ESM Security Client 3.5.0.82 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 29896

File Name: zesm_stengine_priv_escalation.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 1/9/2008

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5665

BID: 27146

CWE: 264

Detections

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