PT-2014-4916 · Microsoft+1 · Windows+1

Published 2014-04-11 · Updated 2014-04-14 · CVE-2014-2848

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Nessus version 5.2.1

Description A race condition exists in the wmi malware scan.nbin plugin, allowing local users to gain privileges. This is achieved by replacing the dissolvable agent executable in the Windows temp directory with a malicious program.

Recommendations For Nessus version 5.2.1, update the wmi malware scan.nbin plugin to a version after 201402262215 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-2848

Affected Products

Nessus

Windows

References · 5

• http://secunia.com/advisories/57403 · Vendor Advisory
• https://discussions.nessus.org/thread/7195 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2848 · Security Note
• https://nccgroup.com/en/learning-and-research-centre/technical-advisories/nessus-authenticated-scan-local-privilege-escalation · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1029946 · Note