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Microsoft ASP.NET Core Privilege Escalation (March 2018)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111072

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Synopsis

The Microsoft ASP.NET Core installations on the remote host contain vulnerable packages.

Description

The remote Windows host has an installation of ASP.NET Core containing the packages HttpOverrides and/or Server.Kestrel.Core with versions 2.0.0 or 2.0.1 and therefore is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Solution

Update HttpOverrides and/or Server.Kestrel.Core to version 2.0.2, remove the vulnerable versions and refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://github.com/aspnet/Announcements/issues/295

http://www.nessus.org/u?eda99e15

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111072

File Name: smb_nt_ms18_mar_aspdotnet_core_priv_esc.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 7/13/2018

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-0787

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:asp.net_core

Required KB Items: installed_sw/ASP .NET Core Windows

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0787

BID: 103282