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Security Updates for Sysinternals Sysmon (December 2022)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168692

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Synopsis

The Sysinternals Sysmon installation on the remote host is missing a security update.

Description

The Sysinternals Sysmon installation on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability:

 - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
 (CVE-2022-44704)

Solution

Upgrade to Sysinternals Sysmon version 14.13, or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168692

File Name: smb_nt_ms22_dec_sysmon.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 12/13/2022

Updated: 4/4/2024

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:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-44704

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/a:microsoft:sysinternals_sysmon

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Sysmon

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-44704

IAVA: 2022-A-0530-S, 2022-A-0533-S