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MS05-030: Vulnerability in Outlook Express Could Allow Remote Code Execution (897715)

high Nessus Plugin ID 18489

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Synopsis

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through the email client.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Microsoft Outlook Express that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host.

To exploit this flaw, an attacker would need to lure a user to connect to a rogue NNTP (news) server sending malformed replies to several queries.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Outlook Express.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2005/ms05-030

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18489

File Name: smb_nt_ms05-030.nasl

Version: 1.40

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 6/14/2005

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/14/2005

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (MS05-030 Microsoft Outlook Express NNTP Response Parsing Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1213

BID: 13951

CERT: 130614

MSFT: MS05-030

MSKB: 897715