Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5012591.
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2022-26789, CVE-2022-26786, CVE-2022-26802,      CVE-2022-26803, CVE-2022-26801, CVE-2022-26796,      CVE-2022-26787, CVE-2022-26797, CVE-2022-26827,      CVE-2022-26810, CVE-2022-26808, CVE-2022-26798,      CVE-2022-24549, CVE-2022-26795, CVE-2022-26791,      CVE-2022-26794, CVE-2022-26904, CVE-2022-26792,      CVE-2022-26807, CVE-2022-26788, CVE-2022-26828,      CVE-2022-26790, CVE-2022-26914, CVE-2022-26793,      CVE-2022-24496, CVE-2022-24544, CVE-2022-24540,      CVE-2022-24489, CVE-2022-24488, CVE-2022-24486,      CVE-2022-24481, CVE-2022-24479, CVE-2022-24527,      CVE-2022-24474, CVE-2022-24521, CVE-2022-24550,      CVE-2022-24499, CVE-2022-24547, CVE-2022-24546,      CVE-2022-24494, CVE-2022-24542, CVE-2022-24530)

  - A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this issue to cause the affected component to     deny system or application services. (CVE-2022-26831,     CVE-2022-26915, CVE-2022-24538, CVE-2022-24484,     CVE-2022-26784)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2022-26917,     CVE-2022-26916, CVE-2022-26812, CVE-2022-26811,     CVE-2022-26919, CVE-2022-26823, CVE-2022-26809,     CVE-2022-26824, CVE-2022-26818, CVE-2022-26815,     CVE-2022-26814, CVE-2022-26822, CVE-2022-26918,     CVE-2022-26829, CVE-2022-26820, CVE-2022-26826,     CVE-2022-26819, CVE-2022-26825, CVE-2022-26817,     CVE-2022-26821, CVE-2022-26813, CVE-2022-24545,     CVE-2022-24541, CVE-2022-24492, CVE-2022-24491,     CVE-2022-24537, CVE-2022-24536, CVE-2022-24487,     CVE-2022-24534, CVE-2022-24485, CVE-2022-24533,     CVE-2022-26903, CVE-2022-24495, CVE-2022-24528,     CVE-2022-23257, CVE-2022-21983, CVE-2022-22009,     CVE-2022-22008, CVE-2022-24500)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive     information. (CVE-2022-26816, CVE-2022-26920,     CVE-2022-24493, CVE-2022-24539, CVE-2022-24490,     CVE-2022-26783, CVE-2022-26785, CVE-2022-24498,     CVE-2022-24483)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5012632 or cumulative update 5012658. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2022-26916,     CVE-2022-26812,CVE-2022-26919,CVE-2022-26918,CVE-2022-26813,     CVE-2022-26821,CVE-2022-26815,CVE-2022-26822,CVE-2022-26917,     CVE-2022-26829,CVE-2022-26820,CVE-2022-26809,CVE-2022-26819,     CVE-2022-24541,CVE-2022-24492,CVE-2022-24536,CVE-2022-24534,     CVE-2022-24485,CVE-2022-26903,CVE-2022-24528,CVE-2022-21983, 	CVE-2022-24500)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2022-26797,     CVE-2022-26796,CVE-2022-26904,CVE-2022-26798,CVE-2022-26801,     CVE-2022-26802,CVE-2022-26810,CVE-2022-26792,CVE-2022-26794,     CVE-2022-26790,CVE-2022-24544,CVE-2022-24540,CVE-2022-24481,     CVE-2022-24527,CVE-2022-24474,CVE-2022-24521,CVE-2022-24499,     CVE-2022-24494,CVE-2022-24542,CVE-2022-24530)

  - A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this issue to cause the affected component to     deny system or application services. (CVE-2022-26915,     CVE-2022-26831)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive     information. (CVE-2022-24498)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5012639 or cumulative update 5012670. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2022-24474, CVE-2022-24481, CVE-2022-24494,     CVE-2022-24499, CVE-2022-24521, CVE-2022-24527,     CVE-2022-24530, CVE-2022-24540, CVE-2022-24542,     CVE-2022-24544, CVE-2022-24547, CVE-2022-24550,     CVE-2022-26786, CVE-2022-26787, CVE-2022-26788,     CVE-2022-26790, CVE-2022-26792, CVE-2022-26794,     CVE-2022-26796, CVE-2022-26797, CVE-2022-26798,     CVE-2022-26801, CVE-2022-26802, CVE-2022-26803,     CVE-2022-26807, CVE-2022-26808, CVE-2022-26810,     CVE-2022-26827, CVE-2022-26904)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2022-21983,     CVE-2022-22008, CVE-2022-24485, CVE-2022-24491,     CVE-2022-24492, CVE-2022-24500, CVE-2022-24528,     CVE-2022-24533, CVE-2022-24534, CVE-2022-24536,     CVE-2022-24541, CVE-2022-26809, CVE-2022-26812,     CVE-2022-26813, CVE-2022-26814, CVE-2022-26815,     CVE-2022-26817, CVE-2022-26818, CVE-2022-26819,     CVE-2022-26820, CVE-2022-26821, CVE-2022-26822,     CVE-2022-26829, CVE-2022-26903, CVE-2022-26916,     CVE-2022-26917, CVE-2022-26918, CVE-2022-26919)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive     information. (CVE-2022-24483, CVE-2022-24493,     CVE-2022-24498)

  - A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this issue to cause the affected component to     deny system or application services. (CVE-2022-24484,     CVE-2022-24538, CVE-2022-26784, CVE-2022-26831,     CVE-2022-26915)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5012591.
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2022-26786, CVE-2022-26787, CVE-2022-26827,      CVE-2022-26789, CVE-2022-26810, CVE-2022-26803,      CVE-2022-26802, CVE-2022-26801, CVE-2022-26828,      CVE-2022-26808, CVE-2022-26788, CVE-2022-26790,      CVE-2022-24549, CVE-2022-26914, CVE-2022-26798,      CVE-2022-26795, CVE-2022-26793, CVE-2022-26796,      CVE-2022-26904, CVE-2022-26807, CVE-2022-26797,      CVE-2022-26794, CVE-2022-26792, CVE-2022-24496,      CVE-2022-24544, CVE-2022-24540, CVE-2022-24489,      CVE-2022-24488, CVE-2022-24486, CVE-2022-24481,      CVE-2022-24479, CVE-2022-24527, CVE-2022-24474,      CVE-2022-24521, CVE-2022-24550, CVE-2022-24499,      CVE-2022-24547, CVE-2022-24546, CVE-2022-24494,      CVE-2022-24542, CVE-2022-24530)

  - A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this issue to cause the affected component to     deny system or application services. (CVE-2022-26915,     CVE-2022-26831, CVE-2022-24538, CVE-2022-24484,     CVE-2022-23268, CVE-2022-26784)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2022-26917,     CVE-2022-26916, CVE-2022-26812, CVE-2022-26811,     CVE-2022-26823, CVE-2022-26824, CVE-2022-26825,     CVE-2022-26919, CVE-2022-26820, CVE-2022-26830,     CVE-2022-26818, CVE-2022-26815, CVE-2022-26809,     CVE-2022-26814, CVE-2022-26822, CVE-2022-26829,     CVE-2022-26819, CVE-2022-26918, CVE-2022-26826,     CVE-2022-26817, CVE-2022-26821, CVE-2022-26813,     CVE-2022-24545, CVE-2022-24541, CVE-2022-24492,     CVE-2022-24491, CVE-2022-24537, CVE-2022-24536,     CVE-2022-24487, CVE-2022-24534, CVE-2022-24485,     CVE-2022-24533, CVE-2022-26903, CVE-2022-24495,     CVE-2022-24528, CVE-2022-23257, CVE-2022-21983,     CVE-2022-22009, CVE-2022-22008, CVE-2022-24500)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive     information. (CVE-2022-26816, CVE-2022-26920,     CVE-2022-24493, CVE-2022-24539, CVE-2022-24490,     CVE-2022-26783, CVE-2022-26785, CVE-2022-24498,     CVE-2022-24483)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5012591.
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2022-26827, CVE-2022-24549, CVE-2022-26810,      CVE-2022-26803, CVE-2022-26808, CVE-2022-26807,      CVE-2022-26792, CVE-2022-26801, CVE-2022-26802,      CVE-2022-26794, CVE-2022-26790, CVE-2022-26797,      CVE-2022-26787, CVE-2022-26798, CVE-2022-26796,      CVE-2022-26786, CVE-2022-26904, CVE-2022-26788,      CVE-2022-24496, CVE-2022-24544, CVE-2022-24540,      CVE-2022-24489, CVE-2022-24486, CVE-2022-24481,      CVE-2022-24479, CVE-2022-24527, CVE-2022-24474,      CVE-2022-24521, CVE-2022-24547, CVE-2022-24550,      CVE-2022-24499, CVE-2022-24494, CVE-2022-24542,      CVE-2022-24530)

  - A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this issue to cause the affected component to     deny system or application services. (CVE-2022-26831,     CVE-2022-26915, CVE-2022-24538, CVE-2022-24484,     CVE-2022-26784)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2022-26823,     CVE-2022-26812, CVE-2022-26919, CVE-2022-26811,     CVE-2022-26809, CVE-2022-26918, CVE-2022-26917,     CVE-2022-26813, CVE-2022-26826, CVE-2022-26824,     CVE-2022-26815, CVE-2022-26814, CVE-2022-26916,     CVE-2022-26822, CVE-2022-26829, CVE-2022-26820,     CVE-2022-26819, CVE-2022-26818, CVE-2022-26825,     CVE-2022-26817, CVE-2022-26821, CVE-2022-24545,     CVE-2022-24541, CVE-2022-24492, CVE-2022-24491,     CVE-2022-24537, CVE-2022-24536, CVE-2022-24487,     CVE-2022-24534, CVE-2022-24485, CVE-2022-24533,     CVE-2022-26903, CVE-2022-24495, CVE-2022-24528,     CVE-2022-21983, CVE-2022-22008, CVE-2022-24500)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive     information. (CVE-2022-26816, CVE-2022-24493,     CVE-2022-24539, CVE-2022-24490, CVE-2022-26783,     CVE-2022-26785, CVE-2022-24498, CVE-2022-24483)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5012666 or cumulative update 5012650. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2022-26812,     CVE-2022-26919,CVE-2022-26809,CVE-2022-26918,CVE-2022-26813,     CVE-2022-26821,CVE-2022-26819,CVE-2022-26815,CVE-2022-26916,     CVE-2022-26822,CVE-2022-26917,CVE-2022-26829,CVE-2022-26820,     CVE-2022-24541,CVE-2022-24492,CVE-2022-24536,CVE-2022-24534,     CVE-2022-24485,CVE-2022-24533,CVE-2022-26903,CVE-2022-24528,     CVE-2022-21983,CVE-2022-24500)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2022-26796,     CVE-2022-26827,CVE-2022-26802,CVE-2022-26797,CVE-2022-26807,     CVE-2022-26792,CVE-2022-26794,CVE-2022-26803,CVE-2022-26801,     CVE-2022-26787,CVE-2022-26810,CVE-2022-26904,CVE-2022-26798,     CVE-2022-26790,CVE-2022-24544,CVE-2022-24540,CVE-2022-24481,     CVE-2022-24527,CVE-2022-24474,CVE-2022-24521,CVE-2022-24499,     CVE-2022-24494,CVE-2022-24542,CVE-2022-24530)

  - A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this issue to cause the affected component to     deny system or application services. (CVE-2022-26915,     CVE-2022-26831,CVE-2022-24538,CVE-2022-24484,CVE-2022-26784)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive     information. (CVE-2022-24493,CVE-2022-24498,CVE-2022-24483)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5012591.
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2022-26790, CVE-2022-26828, CVE-2022-26827,      CVE-2022-26807, CVE-2022-26796, CVE-2022-26798,      CVE-2022-26808, CVE-2022-26810, CVE-2022-26803,      CVE-2022-26802, CVE-2022-26801, CVE-2022-26794,      CVE-2022-26792, CVE-2022-26904, CVE-2022-26788,      CVE-2022-26793, CVE-2022-26914, CVE-2022-26789,      CVE-2022-26797, CVE-2022-26787, CVE-2022-24549,      CVE-2022-26795, CVE-2022-26786, CVE-2022-24496,      CVE-2022-24544, CVE-2022-24540, CVE-2022-24489,      CVE-2022-24486, CVE-2022-24481, CVE-2022-24479,      CVE-2022-24527, CVE-2022-24474, CVE-2022-24521,      CVE-2022-24550, CVE-2022-24499, CVE-2022-24547,      CVE-2022-24546, CVE-2022-24494, CVE-2022-24542,      CVE-2022-24530)

  - A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this issue to cause the affected component to     deny system or application services. (CVE-2022-26831,     CVE-2022-26915, CVE-2022-24538, CVE-2022-24484,     CVE-2022-26784)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2022-26824,     CVE-2022-26812, CVE-2022-26919, CVE-2022-26918,     CVE-2022-26809, CVE-2022-26825, CVE-2022-26916,     CVE-2022-26819, CVE-2022-26817, CVE-2022-26815,     CVE-2022-26814, CVE-2022-26823, CVE-2022-26811,     CVE-2022-26829, CVE-2022-26821, CVE-2022-26917,     CVE-2022-26820, CVE-2022-26826, CVE-2022-26818,     CVE-2022-26822, CVE-2022-26813, CVE-2022-24545,     CVE-2022-24541, CVE-2022-24492, CVE-2022-24491,     CVE-2022-24537, CVE-2022-24536, CVE-2022-24487,     CVE-2022-24534, CVE-2022-24485, CVE-2022-24533,     CVE-2022-26903, CVE-2022-24495, CVE-2022-24528,     CVE-2022-21983, CVE-2022-22008, CVE-2022-24500)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive     information. (CVE-2022-26920, CVE-2022-26816,     CVE-2022-24493, CVE-2022-24539, CVE-2022-24490,     CVE-2022-26783, CVE-2022-26785, CVE-2022-24498,     CVE-2022-24483)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5012639 or cumulative update 5012639. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2022-24474, CVE-2022-24481, CVE-2022-24494,     CVE-2022-24499, CVE-2022-24521, CVE-2022-24527,     CVE-2022-24530, CVE-2022-24540, CVE-2022-24542,     CVE-2022-24544, CVE-2022-24547, CVE-2022-24550,     CVE-2022-26786, CVE-2022-26787, CVE-2022-26788,     CVE-2022-26790, CVE-2022-26792, CVE-2022-26794,     CVE-2022-26796, CVE-2022-26797, CVE-2022-26798,     CVE-2022-26801, CVE-2022-26802, CVE-2022-26803,     CVE-2022-26807, CVE-2022-26808, CVE-2022-26810,     CVE-2022-26827, CVE-2022-26904)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2022-21983,     CVE-2022-22008, CVE-2022-24485, CVE-2022-24491,     CVE-2022-24492, CVE-2022-24500, CVE-2022-24528,     CVE-2022-24533, CVE-2022-24534, CVE-2022-24536,     CVE-2022-24541, CVE-2022-26809, CVE-2022-26812,     CVE-2022-26813, CVE-2022-26814, CVE-2022-26815,     CVE-2022-26817, CVE-2022-26818, CVE-2022-26819,     CVE-2022-26820, CVE-2022-26821, CVE-2022-26822,     CVE-2022-26829, CVE-2022-26903, CVE-2022-26916,     CVE-2022-26917, CVE-2022-26918, CVE-2022-26919)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive     information. (CVE-2022-24493,CVE-2022-24498)

  - A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this issue to cause the affected component to     deny system or application services. (CVE-2022-26915,     CVE-2022-26831)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
159685	KB5012599: Windows 10 Version 20H2 / 21H1 / 21H2 Security Update (April 2022)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	critical
159684	KB5012632: Windows Server 2008 Security Update (April 2022)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	critical
159682	KB5012670: Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Security Update (April 2022)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	critical
159681	KB5012604: Windows Server 2022 Security Update (April 2022)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	critical
159677	KB5012596: Windows 10 version 1607 / Windows Server 2016 Security Update (April 2022)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	critical
159676	KB5012666: Windows Server 2012 Security Update (April 2022)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	critical
159675	KB5012647: Windows 10 version 1809 / Windows Server 2019 Security Update (April 2022)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	critical
159672	KB5012649: Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Security Update (April 2022)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	critical

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