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MS13-045: Vulnerability in Windows Essentials Could Allow Information Disclosure (2813707)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66421

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Synopsis

An application on the remote Windows host has an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The version of Windows Essentials 2011 or 2012 installed on the remote host has an information disclosure vulnerability. Windows Writer, part of Windows Essentials, fails to properly handle specially crafted URLs.
A remote attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a maliciously crafted URL to override Windows Writer proxy settings and overwrite files accessible to the user.

Solution

Microsoft has released a patch for Windows Essentials 2012.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2013/ms13-045

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66421

File Name: smb_nt_ms13-045.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 5/15/2013

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:windows_essentials

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0096

BID: 59783

MSFT: MS13-045

MSKB: 2813707