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Microsoft Silverlight Unsupported Version Detection (Mac OS X)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 58092

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Synopsis

The remote host has an unsupported version of Microsoft Silverlight.

Description

The installation of Microsoft Silverlight on the Mac OS X host is no longer supported.

Lack of support implies that no new security patches for the product will be released by the vendor. As a result, it is likely to contain security vulnerabilities.

Solution

Remove Microsoft Silverlight.

See Also

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifean45

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 58092

File Name: macosx_silverlight_unsupported.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 2/22/2012

Updated: 5/13/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:silverlight

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, MacOSX/Silverlight/Installed

Reference Information

IAVA: 0001-A-0559