MS11-062: Vulnerability in Remote Access Service NDISTAPI Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2566454)

high Nessus Plugin ID 55792

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The Remote Access Service NDISTAPI driver does not properly validate unspecified input before passing it from user mode to the Windows kernel. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows XP and 2003.

See Also

https://www.nessus.org/u?b83116ff

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 55792

File Name: smb_nt_ms11-062.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 8/9/2011

Updated: 8/5/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1974

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: 8/9/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1974

BID: 48996

IAVA: 2011-A-0117-S

MSFT: MS11-062

MSKB: 2566454