MS06-052: Vulnerability in Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) Could Allow Remote Code Execution (919007)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22332

Synopsis

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host.

Description

The remote version of Windows is affected by a vulnerability in the Pragmatic General Multicast protocol installed with the MSMQ service.

An attacker may exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the remote host with KERNEL privileges.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows XP.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2006/ms06-052

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22332

File Name: smb_nt_ms06-052.nasl

Version: 1.28

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 9/12/2006

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3442

BID: 19922

CWE: 94

MSFT: MS06-052

MSKB: 919007