5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.86 High
EPSS
Percentile
98.6%
The remote host is running a version of Windows Malware Protection engine that is vulnerable to a bug in the file handling routine which could allow an attacker to crash the protection engine.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(32313);
script_version("1.24");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:30");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-1437","CVE-2008-1438");
script_bugtraq_id(29060, 29073);
script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS08-029");
script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"952044");
script_name(english:"MS08-029: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Could Allow Denial of Service (952044)");
script_summary(english:"Determines the version of Malware Protection Engine.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"It is possible to crash the antimalware program.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running a version of Windows Malware Protection
engine that is vulnerable to a bug in the file handling routine which
could allow an attacker to crash the protection engine.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2008/ms08-029");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows Defender and Live
OneCare.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
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_cwe_id(399);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2008/05/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/05/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/05/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:windows_defender");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:windows_live_onecare");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:antigen");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:forefront_client_security");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:forefront_security");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
script_dependencies("smb_hotfixes.nasl", "ms_bulletin_checks_possible.nasl");
script_require_keys("SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible");
script_require_ports(139, 445, 'Host/patch_management_checks');
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("smb_func.inc");
include("smb_hotfixes.inc");
include("smb_hotfixes_fcheck.inc");
include("smb_reg_query.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible");
bulletin = 'MS08-029';
kbs = make_list("952044");
if (get_kb_item("Host/patch_management_checks")) hotfix_check_3rd_party(bulletin:bulletin, kbs:kbs, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
if (hotfix_check_sp_range(xp:'0,2', vista:'0,1') <= 0) audit(AUDIT_OS_SP_NOT_VULN);
productname = get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/ProductName", exit_code:1);
if ('XP' >!< productname && 'Vista' >!< productname) exit(0, "The host is running " + productname + " and hence is not affected.");
registry_init();
hklm = registry_hive_connect(hive:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, exit_on_fail:TRUE);
keys = make_list (
"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Signature Updates",
"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OneCare Protection\Signature Updates"
);
kb = '952044';
foreach key (keys)
{
version = NULL;
version = get_registry_value(handle:hklm, item:key + "\EngineVersion");
if (!isnull(version))
{
if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:'1.1.3520', strict:FALSE) < 0)
{
RegCloseKey(handle:hklm);
set_kb_item(name:"SMB/Missing/MS08-029", value:TRUE);
hotfix_add_report(bulletin:bulletin, kb:kb);
hotfix_security_warning();
hotfix_check_fversion_end();
exit(0);
}
}
}
RegCloseKey(handle:hklm);
hotfix_check_fversion_end();
audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
microsoft | windows_live_onecare | cpe:/a:microsoft:windows_live_onecare | |
microsoft | antigen | cpe:/a:microsoft:antigen | |
microsoft | forefront_client_security | cpe:/a:microsoft:forefront_client_security | |
microsoft | forefront_security | cpe:/a:microsoft:forefront_security | |
microsoft | windows_defender | cpe:/a:microsoft:windows_defender |