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HP Support Assistant < 8.1.52.1 Unspecified Local Authentication Bypass

critical Nessus Plugin ID 90545

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by an unspecified local authentication bypass vulnerability.

Description

The version of HP Support Assistant installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 8.1.52.1. It is, therefore, affected by an unspecified flaw that allows an attacker to bypass local authentication.

Solution

Upgrade to HP Support Assistant version 8.1.52.1 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?438be17f

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 90545

File Name: hp_support_assistant_8_1_52_1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/15/2016

Updated: 4/12/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2245

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:hp:support_assistant

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/HP Support Assistant

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/4/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2245

BID: 84969

HP: HPSBGN03438, emr_na-c05031674