MS09-012: Vulnerabilities in Windows Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (959454)

high Nessus Plugin ID 36150

Synopsis

A local user can elevate his privileges on the remote host.

Description

The version of Windows running on the remote host is affected by potentially four vulnerabilities involving its MSDTC transaction facility and/or Windows Service Isolation that may allow a local user to escalate his privileges and take complete control of the affected system.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista and 2008.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2009/ms09-012

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 36150

File Name: smb_nt_ms09-012.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 4/15/2009

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2008

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1436, CVE-2009-0078, CVE-2009-0079, CVE-2009-0080

BID: 28833, 34442, 34443, 34444

CWE: 264

MSFT: MS09-012

MSKB: 952004, 956572