Windows CE < 5.1 Detection

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4095

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.

Description

The remote host is a Windows CE device.

This version of Windows CE has been reported prone to a number of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. In addition, the client is reported vulnerable to a buffer overflow. An attacker exploiting these flaws would be able to either crash the client or execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.1 or higher.

See Also

http://www.microsoft.com

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 4095

Family: Web Clients

Published: 6/12/2007

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Reference Information

BID: 24420, 24424, 24445, 24469