MS12-009: Vulnerabilities in Ancillary Function Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2645640)

high Nessus Plugin ID 57943

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), which has multiple flaws that prevent it from properly validating input before passing it from user mode to the kernel.

An attacker with local access to the affected system could exploit these issues 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 x64, 2003, Vista, 2008 SP2, 7, and 2008 R2.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2012/ms12-009

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57943

File Name: smb_nt_ms12-009.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 2/14/2012

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: 5.3

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0148, CVE-2012-0149

BID: 51930, 51936

MSFT: MS12-009

MSKB: 2645640