The remote Windows host is missing security update 5007255 or cumulative update 5007247. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this issue to cause the affected component to     deny system or application services. (CVE-2021-42284)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2021-41366, CVE-2021-41367, CVE-2021-41370,     CVE-2021-41377, CVE-2021-41379, CVE-2021-42278,     CVE-2021-42282, CVE-2021-42283, CVE-2021-42285,     CVE-2021-42287, CVE-2021-42291)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive     information. (CVE-2021-38631, CVE-2021-38665,     CVE-2021-41371)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2021-38666,     CVE-2021-42275)

Detections

Analytics

KB5007255: Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Security Update (November 2021)

high Nessus Plugin ID 154996

Version 1.17