NOD32 Antivirus Restore To Feature Local File Creation

high Nessus Plugin ID 21609

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains an application that is subject to a local privilege escalation attack.

Description

The installed version of NOD32 reportedly allows a local user to restore a malicious file from NOD32's quarantine to an arbitrary directory to which the user otherwise has only read access. A local user can exploit this issue to gain admin/system privilege on the affected host.

Solution

Upgrade to NOD32 version 2.51.26 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21609

File Name: nod32_local_file_creation.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/27/2006

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Antivirus/NOD32/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1649

BID: 17374

Detections

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