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MS07-049: Vulnerability in Virtual PC and Virtual Server Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (937986)

high Nessus Plugin ID 25902

Synopsis

A user can elevate his privileges on the virtual system.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Virtual PC or Virtual Server that is vulerable to a heap overflow that could allow arbitrary code to be run.

An attacker may use this to execute arbitrary code on the host operating system or others guests.

To succeed, the attacker needs administrative privileges on the guest operating system.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Virtual PC 2004 and Virtual Server 2005.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2007/ms07-049

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25902

File Name: smb_nt_ms07-049.nasl

Version: 1.28

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 8/16/2007

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:virtual_server, cpe:/a:microsoft:virtual_pc

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/14/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0948

BID: 25298

MSFT: MS07-049

MSKB: 937986