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Microsoft PC Manager Elevation of Privilege (February 2024)

high Nessus Plugin ID 216750

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Synopsis

The Windows app installed on the remote host is affected by an elevation of privilege vulnerability.

Description

The Windows 'Microsoft PC Manager' app installed on the remote host is affected by an elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges.

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 app version 3.15.4.0 or later via the Microsoft Store.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c809fbfe

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 216750

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_feb_pc_manager.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 2/25/2025

Updated: 2/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-21322

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows, x-cpe:/a:microsoft:microsoft_pc_manager

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-21322