Microsoft Silverlight Unsupported Version Detection (Windows)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 58134

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Synopsis

The remote host has an unsupported version of Microsoft Silverlight.

Description

The installation of Microsoft Silverlight on the Windows host is no longer supported.

Lack of support implies that no new security patches for the product will be released by the vendor. As a result, it is likely to contain security vulnerabilities.

Solution

Remove Microsoft Silverlight.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 58134

File Name: silverlight_unsupported.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2/27/2012

Updated: 5/23/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Manual analysis of the vulnerability

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

CVSS Score Source: manual

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:silverlight

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, SMB/Silverlight/Version

Reference Information

IAVA: 0001-A-0559

Detections

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