HP Support Assistant < 9.11 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 171189

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of HP Support Assistant installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the HPSBGN03762 advisory.

- Potential security vulnerabilities including compromise of integrity, and allowed communication with untrusted clients has been identified in HP Support Assistant software. (CVE-2020-6917, CVE-2020-6918, CVE-2020-6919)

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

Solution

Upgrade to HP Support Assistant version 9.11 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171189

File Name: hp_support_assistant_9_11.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2/8/2023

Updated: 2/10/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-6922

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23455

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: 1/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-6917, CVE-2020-6918, CVE-2020-6919, CVE-2020-6920, CVE-2020-6921, CVE-2020-6922, CVE-2022-23453, CVE-2022-23455, CVE-2022-23456

HP: HPSBGN03762

IAVB: 2023-B-0005

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