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MS08-005: Vulnerability in Internet Information Services Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (942831)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 31039
Synopsis
A local user can elevate his privileges on the remote host.Description
The remote host contains a version of Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) that is vulnerable to a security flaw that could allow a local user to elevate his privileges to SYSTEM due to a bug in the way IIS handles file change notifications in the FTPRoot, NNTPFile\Root and WWWRoot folders.Solution
Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server and Windows Vista.See Also
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2008/ms08-005
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 31039
File Name: smb_nt_ms08-005.nasl
Version: 1.28
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 2/12/2008
Updated: 11/15/2018
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
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
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows
Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-0074
BID: 27101