6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
46.4%
The remote host has a version of Symantec Encryption Desktop (formerly PGP Desktop) installed that is affected by two privilege escalation vulnerabilities that can be triggered by exploiting a buffer overflow or integer overflow flaw in ‘pgpwded.sys’.
By running a specially crafted program, a local attacker could execute arbitrary code with privileged access.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(64853);
script_version("1.5");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:28");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-4351", "CVE-2012-6533");
script_bugtraq_id(57835, 57170);
script_name(english:"Symantec Encryption Desktop Local Access Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities");
script_summary(english:"Checks version of Symantec Encryption Desktop");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote host has an application installed that is affected by
multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"The remote host has a version of Symantec Encryption Desktop (formerly
PGP Desktop) installed that is affected by two privilege escalation
vulnerabilities that can be triggered by exploiting a buffer overflow or
integer overflow flaw in 'pgpwded.sys'.
By running a specially crafted program, a local attacker could execute
arbitrary code with privileged access."
);
# https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1269.html
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?655c5aca");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.3.0 maintenance pack 1.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2013/02/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/02/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/02/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:symantec:encryption_desktop");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:pgp:desktop_for_windows");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Windows");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_dependencies("pgp_desktop_installed.nasl");
script_require_keys("SMB/symantec_encryption_desktop/Version");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("smb_func.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
app = 'Symantec Encryption Desktop';
kb_base = "SMB/symantec_encryption_desktop/";
port = kb_smb_transport();
version = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base + "Version");
path = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base + "Path");
fix = "10.3.0.8741";
if (
version =~ "^10\." &&
ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fix, strict:FALSE) == -1
)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0)
{
report =
'\n Path : ' + path +
'\n Installed version : ' + version +
'\n Fixed version : ' + fix + '\n';
security_warning(port:port, extra:report);
}
else security_warning(port);
}
else audit(AUDIT_INST_PATH_NOT_VULN, app, version, path);
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
symantec | encryption_desktop | cpe:/a:symantec:encryption_desktop | |
pgp | desktop_for_windows | cpe:/a:pgp:desktop_for_windows |