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Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 130091

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Synopsis

Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on the remote host is affected by an elevation of privilege vulnerability.

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine due to improper file handling.
An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, to gain elevated privileges.

Solution

See vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f7de0057

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130091

File Name: microsoft_malware_protection_engine_1_1_16400_2.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/21/2019

Updated: 10/31/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1255

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Required KB Items: Antivirus/Forefront_Endpoint_Protection/engine_version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1255

BID: 108759