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HistoryDec 13, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

Security Updates for Sysinternals Sysmon (December 2022)

2022-12-1300:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2022-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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sysinternals sysmon
security update
cve-2022-44704
elevation of privilege
upgrade

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.2

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

9.5%

The Sysinternals Sysmon installation on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability:

  • An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2022-44704)
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from the Microsoft Security Updates API. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(168692);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/04/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-44704");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2022-A-0530-S");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2022-A-0533-S");

  script_name(english:"Security Updates for Sysinternals Sysmon (December 2022)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Sysinternals Sysmon installation on the remote host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Sysinternals Sysmon installation on the remote host is missing a
security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following
vulnerability:

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can
    exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2022-44704)");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Sysinternals Sysmon version 14.13, or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2022-44704");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/12/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/12/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/12/13");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/a:microsoft:sysinternals_sysmon");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2022-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("sysmon_win_installed.nbin");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/Sysmon");

  exit(0);
}

include('vcf.inc');

var app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'Sysmon');

var constraints = [
    { 'min_version': '1.0', 'fixed_version' : '14.1.3.0', 'fixed_display': '14.13'}
];

vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.2

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

9.5%