HP Support Assistant < 8.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 126826

Synopsis

An application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by two privilege escalation vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of HP Support Assistant installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 8.8. It is, therefore, affected by two unspecified privilege escalation vulnerabilities. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this, to gain system level access to the system.

Solution

Upgrade to HP Support Assistant version 8.8 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0b41bcaa

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 126826

File Name: hp_support_assistant_8_8.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/19/2019

Updated: 2/9/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6329

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:hp:support_assistant

Required KB Items: installed_sw/HP Support Assistant

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/23/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6328, CVE-2019-6329

BID: 108891

HP: HPSBGN03620, c06388027

IAVB: 2019-B-0061-S