Conexant Audio Driver MicTray.exe / MicTray64.exe Keylogger

medium Nessus Plugin ID 100161

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Synopsis

An audio driver installed on the remote Windows host can act as a keylogger.

Description

The Conexant audio driver package installed on the remote Windows host is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability in the debugging features of MicTray.exe or MicTray64.exe due to a LowLevelKeyboardProc Windows hook that is being used to capture keystrokes. This data is then leaked via debug messages that are accessible to any process that is running in the current user session or to a publicly readable log file. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability, via a specially crafted application, to access the keylogging data and thereby disclose potentially sensitive information.

Solution

Apply the appropriate vendor-supplied patch.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 100161

File Name: conexant_mictray_keylogger.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/12/2017

Updated: 12/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-8360

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/a:conexant_systems:mictray

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8360

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