6.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
7.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.5%
This host is missing an important security
update according to Microsoft Security Updates released for Microsoft Security
Essentials Protection Engine dated 23-09-2019
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.816865");
script_version("2024-02-19T14:37:31+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-1002");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.6");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-19 14:37:31 +0000 (Mon, 19 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-04-21 19:21:00 +0000 (Tue, 21 Apr 2020)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-04-15 08:39:55 +0530 (Wed, 15 Apr 2020)");
script_name("Microsoft Security Essentials Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (Apr 2020)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing an important security
update according to Microsoft Security Updates released for Microsoft Security
Essentials Protection Engine dated 23-09-2019");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists when the MpSigStub.exe for Defender
allows file deletion in arbitrary locations.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow an attacker
to run a specially crafted command that could exploit the vulnerability and delete
protected files on an affected system once MpSigStub.exe ran again.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Microsoft Security Essentials.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Run the Windows Update to update the malware
protection engine to the latest version available. Typically, no action is
required as the built-in mechanism for the automatic detection and deployment
of updates will apply the update itself.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1002");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Windows");
script_dependencies("smb_reg_service_pack.nasl");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
script_mandatory_keys("SMB/WindowsVersion");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("secpod_reg.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
key = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware";
if(!registry_key_exists(key:key)){
exit(0);
}
def_version = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\Signature Updates",
item:"EngineVersion");
if(!def_version){
exit(0);
}
##First version of the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine with this vulnerability addressed 1.1.16638.0
if(version_is_less(version:def_version, test_version:"1.1.16638.0"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:def_version, fixed_version: "1.1.16638.0 or higher");
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
6.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
7.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.5%