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Security Updates for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Elevation of Privilege (December 2022)

high Nessus Plugin ID 169974

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Synopsis

The wsl2 installation on the remote host is missing a security update.

Description

The wsl2 installation on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by an elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges.

Solution

Microsoft has released wsl2 1.0.3 to address this issue.

See Also

https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/releases/tag/1.0.3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 169974

File Name: smb_nt_ms22_dec_wsl.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 1/12/2023

Updated: 11/5/2024

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-2022-44689

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: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows, cpe:/a:microsoft:windows_subsystem_for_linux

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, WMI/Windows App Store/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-44689