MS09-026: Vulnerability in RPC Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (970238)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 39348

Synopsis

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through its RPC facility.

Description

The RPC Marshalling Engine installed on the remote Windows host does not update its internal state appropriately, which could lead to a pointer being read from an incorrect location. A remote attacker may be able to leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code on the affected host and take complete control of it.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista and 2008.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2009/ms09-026

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 39348

File Name: smb_nt_ms09-026.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 6/10/2009

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0568

BID: 35219

CWE: 264

MSFT: MS09-026

MSKB: 970238