Microsoft Sysinternals Suite Denial of Service (June 2023)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 177253

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Synopsis

The Windows app installed on the remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

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

- A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to cause the affected component to deny system or application services. (CVE-2023-29353)

Solution

Upgrade to app version 2023.6.0.0 or later via the Microsoft Store.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 177253

File Name: smb_nt_ms23_jun_sysinternals_suite.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/13/2023

Updated: 3/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-29353

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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, cpe:/a:microsoft:sysinternals

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-29353

IAVA: 2023-A-0305-S, 2023-A-0306-S

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