MS15-102: Vulnerabilities in Windows Task Management Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3089657)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85844

Synopsis

The remote Windows host is affected by multiple elevation of privilege vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote Windows host is affected by multiple elevation of privilege vulnerabilities in Windows Task Management :

- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists due to a failure to properly validate and enforce impersonation levels. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted application, to bypass impersonation-level security checks and gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2015-2524)

- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Task Scheduler due to improper verification of certain file system interactions. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted application, to execute arbitrary code in the security context of the local system. (CVE-2015-2525)

- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists due to a failure to properly validate and enforce impersonation levels. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted application, to bypass impersonation-level security checks and gain elevated privileges. CVE-2015-2528)

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows Vista, 2008, 7, 2008 R2, 8, 2012, 8.1, 2012 R2, 10.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2015/ms15-102

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85844

File Name: smb_nt_ms15-102.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 9/8/2015

Updated: 11/22/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-2528

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: 9/8/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2015

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2524, CVE-2015-2525, CVE-2015-2528

BID: 76587, 76590, 76653

IAVA: 2015-A-0215

MSFT: MS15-102

MSKB: 3081455, 3082089, 3084135