MS15-076: Vulnerability in Windows Remote Procedure Call Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3067505)

high Nessus Plugin ID 84748

Synopsis

The remote Windows host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The remote Windows host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Microsoft Remote Procedure Call (RPC) due to incorrectly allowing DCE/RPC connection reflection. A remote, authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability, with a specially crafted application, to elevate privileges.

Note that in order to exploit this issue, an attacker would first have to log onto the system.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2003, Vista, 2008, 7, 2008 R2, 8, 2012, 8.1, and 2012 R2.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2015/ms15-076

https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=325

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 84748

File Name: smb_nt_ms15-076.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 7/14/2015

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-2015-2370

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: 7/14/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2370

IAVA: 2015-A-0165

MSFT: MS15-076

MSKB: 3067505