MS09-041: Vulnerability in Workstation Service Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (971657)

high Nessus Plugin ID 40560

Synopsis

Users can elevate their privileges on the remote host.

Description

The remote host contains a version of the 'Workstation' service that contains a memory corruption vulnerability that might allow an attacker with valid credentials to execute arbitrary code on the remote host.

Solution

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

See Also

https://www.nessus.org/u?650b9b89

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40560

File Name: smb_nt_ms09-041.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 8/11/2009

Updated: 8/5/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-1544

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: 8/11/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2009

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1544

BID: 35972

CWE: 399

IAVB: 2009-B-0035-S

MSFT: MS09-041

MSKB: 971657