9.3 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.928 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.0%
The version of Microsoft Silverlight installed on the remote host reportedly handles a dereference to a NULL pointer incorrectly.
If an attacker could trick a user on the affected system into visiting a website hosting a malicious Silverlight application, the attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the affected system, subject to the user’s privileges.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(67208);
script_version("1.7");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/14 1:59:36");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-3178");
script_bugtraq_id(60938);
script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS13-052");
script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2013-B-0071");
script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"2847559");
script_name(english:"MS13-052: Vulnerability in Silverlight Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2861561) (Mac OS X)");
script_summary(english:"Checks version of Microsoft Silverlight");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"A multimedia application framework installed on the remote Mac OS X
host is affected a remote code execution vulnerability."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"The version of Microsoft Silverlight installed on the remote host
reportedly handles a dereference to a NULL pointer incorrectly.
If an attacker could trick a user on the affected system into visiting a
website hosting a malicious Silverlight application, the attacker could
leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the affected
system, subject to the user's privileges."
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-052");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Microsoft has released a patch for Silverlight 5.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2013/07/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/07/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/07/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:silverlight");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_dependencies("macosx_silverlight_installed.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/MacOSX/Version", "MacOSX/Silverlight/Installed");
exit(0);
}
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
kb_base = "MacOSX/Silverlight";
get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+"/Installed");
path = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+"/Path", exit_code:1);
version = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+"/Version", exit_code:1);
bulletin = "MS13-052";
fixed_version = "";
# nb: Multiple installs of Silverlight are not possible.
if (version =~ "^5\.")
{
fixed_version = "5.1.20513.0";
kb = "2847559";
}
if (fixed_version && ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed_version, strict:FALSE) < 0)
{
if (defined_func("report_xml_tag")) report_xml_tag(tag:bulletin, value:kb);
if (report_verbosity > 0)
{
report =
'\n Path : ' + path +
'\n Installed version : ' + version +
'\n Fixed version : '+fixed_version +
'\n';
security_hole(port:0, extra:report);
}
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else exit(0, "The Microsoft Silverlight "+version+" install is not reported to be affected.");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
microsoft | silverlight | cpe:/a:microsoft:silverlight |