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MS11-080: Vulnerability in Ancillary Function Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2592799)

high Nessus Plugin ID 56454

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a driver that allows privilege escalation.

Description

The remote Windows host contains a version of the Ancillary Function Driver (afd.sys) that does not properly validate input before passing it from user mode to the kernel.

An attacker with local access to the affected system could exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode and take complete control of the affected system.

Solution

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

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2011/ms11-080

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56454

File Name: smb_nt_ms11-080.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 10/11/2011

Updated: 3/29/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

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-2011-2005

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: 10/11/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/11/2011

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/18/2022

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (MS11-080 AfdJoinLeaf Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2005

BID: 49941

MSFT: MS11-080

MSKB: 2592799