The Malware Protection Engine version of Microsoft Windows Defender installed on the remote Windows host is equal or prior to 1.1.18400.4. It is, therefore, affected by a unspecified privilege escalation vulnerability. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this to gain administrator access to the system.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(152427);
script_version("1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/08/25");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-34471");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2021-A-0372");
script_name(english:"Security Update for Windows Defender (August 2021)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"An antimalware application installed on the remote host is affected by privilege escalation vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Malware Protection Engine version of Microsoft Windows Defender installed on the remote Windows host
is equal or prior to 1.1.18400.4. It is, therefore, affected by a unspecified privilege escalation vulnerability. An
authenticated, local attacker can exploit this to gain administrator access to the system.");
# https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-34471
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9c1e6309");
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/manage-updates-baselines-microsoft-defender-antivirus?view=o365-worldwide
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?3bed4ba6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Enable automatic updates to update the malware engine for the relevant antimalware applications. Refer to Knowledge Base
Article 2510781 for information on how to verify that MMPE has been updated.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
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-2021-34471");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/08/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/08/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/08/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:microsoft:windows");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:windows_defender");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Windows");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("microsoft_windows_defender_win_installed.nbin");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/Windows Defender");
exit(0);
}
include('vcf.inc');
include('vcf_extras.inc');
var app = 'Windows Defender';
var app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:app, win_local:TRUE);
# Check if disabled
if (!isnull(app_info['Disabled']))
exit(0,'Windows Defender is disabled.');
# Check if we got the Malware Engine Version
if (isnull(app_info['Engine Version']))
exit(0,'Unable to get the Malware Engine Version.');
var constraints = [{'fixed_version':'1.1.18400.4'}];
vcf::av_checks::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING, check:'Engine Version');
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
microsoft | windows | cpe:/o:microsoft:windows | |
microsoft | windows_defender | cpe:/a:microsoft:windows_defender |