Security Updates for Microsoft System Center Management Pack (August 2022)

high Nessus Plugin ID 164007

Synopsis

A data center management system component on the remote Windows system is affected by an escalation of privilege vulnerability.

Description

The Microsoft System Center Management Pack for UNIX/Linux on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability:

- An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
(CVE-2022-33640)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for the System Center Management Pack for UNIX/Linux 2016, 2019, and 2022.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0d8e71ee

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164007

File Name: smb_nt_ms22_aug_system_center_management_pack.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 8/10/2022

Updated: 11/16/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-33640

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:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-33640

IAVA: 2022-A-0324-S