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

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when     Windows Remote Assistance incorrectly processes XML     External Entities (XXE). An attacker who successfully     exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to     further compromise the users system.  (CVE-2018-0878)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when     Internet Explorer improperly handles objects in memory.
    An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability     could obtain information to further compromise the users     system.  (CVE-2018-0929)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability exists when     Windows Shell does not properly validate file copy     destinations. An attacker who successfully exploited the     vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of     the current user. If the current user is logged on with     administrative user rights, an attacker could take     control of the affected system. An attacker could then     install programs; view, change, or delete data; or     create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose     accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the     system could be less impacted than users who operate     with administrative user rights.  (CVE-2018-0883)


  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the     Windows kernel improperly initializes objects in memory.
    (CVE-2018-0811, CVE-2018-0813, CVE-2018-0814)

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft     Hyper-V Network Switch on a host server fails to     properly validate input from a privileged user on a     guest operating system. An attacker who successfully     exploited the vulnerability could cause the host server     to crash.  (CVE-2018-0885)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the     Windows kernel that could allow an attacker to retrieve     information that could lead to a Kernel Address Space     Layout Randomization (ASLR) bypass. An attacker who     successfully exploited the vulnerability could retrieve     the memory address of a kernel object.  (CVE-2018-0894,     CVE-2018-0895, CVE-2018-0896, CVE-2018-0897,     CVE-2018-0898, CVE-2018-0899, CVE-2018-0900,     CVE-2018-0901, CVE-2018-0904)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the     Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to     properly sanitize input leading to an insecure library     loading behavior. A locally authenticated attacker could     run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. An     attacker could then install programs; view, change, or     delete data; or create new accounts with full user     rights. The security update addresses the vulnerability     by correcting the input sanitization error to preclude     unintended elevation. (CVE-2018-0868)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the     Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP).
    An attacker who successfully exploited this     vulnerability could relay user credentials and use them     to execute code on the target system. CredSSP is an     authentication provider which processes authentication     requests for other applications; any application which     depends on CredSSP for authentication may be vulnerable     to this type of attack. As an example of how an attacker     would exploit this vulnerability against Remote Desktop     Protocol, the attacker would need to run a specially     crafted application and perform a man-in-the-middle     attack against a Remote Desktop Protocol session. An     attacker could then install programs; view, change, or     delete data; or create new accounts with full user     rights. The security update addresses the vulnerability     by correcting how Credential Security Support Provider     protocol (CredSSP) validates requests during the     authentication process. To be fully protected against     this vulnerability users must enable Group Policy     settings on their systems and update their Remote     Desktop clients. The Group Policy settings are disabled     by default to prevent connectivity problems and users     must follow the instructions documented HERE to be fully     protected. (CVE-2018-0886)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the     way that the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI)     handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully     exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in     kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs;
    view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts     with full user rights.  (CVE-2018-0815, CVE-2018-0816,     CVE-2018-0817)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when     Windows Hyper-V on a host operating system fails to     properly validate input from an authenticated user on a     guest operating system.  (CVE-2018-0888)

Detections

Analytics

Security Updates for Windows Server 2008 (March 2018)

high Nessus Plugin ID 108300

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Version 1.14 Feb 18, 2025, 11:54 PM Plugin metadata (CVSS 3 Change AC:H --> AC:L where needed) Plugin Feed: 202502182354
Version 1.13 Feb 4, 2025, 8:47 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 7.5) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C") CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C") CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2018-0886" to "CVE-2018-0935") Exploit attributes ("Exploited by malware" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202502040847
Version 1.12 Jun 17, 2024, 3:35 PM Plugin metadata (add more granular CPEs to Windows OS plugins) Plugin Feed: 202406171535