Security Updates for Microsoft .NET Core (October 2022)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166054

Synopsis

The Microsoft .NET core installations on the remote host are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in .NET core 6.0 < 6.0.10 and .NET Core 3.1 < 3.1.30. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this, via the NuGet client, to cause the user to execute arbitrary code.

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

Solution

Update .NET Core Runtime to version 3.1.30 or 6.0.10.

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/help/5019349

https://support.microsoft.com/help/5019351

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/3.1

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/6.0

http://www.nessus.org/u?1a5250e3

http://www.nessus.org/u?0eafd070

https://github.com/dotnet/core/issues/7864

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166054

File Name: smb_nt_ms22_oct_dotnet_core.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/12/2022

Updated: 1/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41032

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:.net_core

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41032

IAVA: 2022-A-0411-S

MSFT: MS22-5019349, MS22-5019351

MSKB: 5019349, 5019351