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Security Update for SysInternals Sysmon (May 2023)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175342

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Synopsis

The SysInternals Sysmon application installed on the remote host is missing a security update.

Description

The SysInternals Sysmon application installed 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-2023-29343) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to SysInternals Sysmon version 14.16 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?02afc9e1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175342

File Name: smb_nt_ms23_may_sysmon.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 5/9/2023

Updated: 7/24/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-29343

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Sysmon

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-29343