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SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control <= 12.3.1.20 Local Privilege Escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 237896

Synopsis

The remote host is running a remote management application that is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control running on the remote host is 12.3.1.20 or prior. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

The SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control was determined to be affected by an incorrect permissions local privilege escalation vulnerability. This vulnerability requires local access and a valid low privilege account to be susceptible to this vulnerability.

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 SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control v12.3.2 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ffb4866b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 237896

File Name: solarwinds_dameware_mrc_12_3_2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/6/2025

Updated: 6/6/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-26396

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:solarwinds:dameware_mini_remote_control

Required KB Items: installed_sw/SolarWinds DameWare Mini Remote Control

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-26396

IAVA: 2025-A-0395