Windows PrintNightmare Registry Exposure CVE-2021-34527 OOB Security Update RCE (July 2021)

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  The remote system is not fully secure as the point and print registry settings contain an insecure configuration in 
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    - HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\PointAndPrint
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include('smb_hotfixes_fcheck.inc');
include('smb_hotfixes.inc');
include('smb_func.inc');

get_kb_item_or_exit('SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible');

var bulletin = 'MS21-07';

get_kb_item_or_exit('SMB/Registry/Enumerated');
var my_os = get_kb_item_or_exit('SMB/WindowsVersion', exit_code:1);
var my_os_build = get_kb_item('SMB/WindowsVersionBuild');
var mitigated = TRUE; # by default: These registry keys do not exist by default, and therefore are already at the secure setting

if (hotfix_check_sp_range(vista:'2', win7:'1', win8:'0',  win81:'0', win10:'0') <= 0) audit(AUDIT_OS_SP_NOT_VULN);

if(my_os == '10')
{
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       (my_os_build != '19042') && 
       (my_os_build != '19043') &&
       (my_os_build != '19044') &&
       (my_os_build != '19045') &&
       (my_os_build != '22000') &&
       (my_os_build != '22621')
    ) exit(0, 'Windows version ' + my_os + ', build ' + my_os_build + ' is not affected.');
}

var share = hotfix_get_systemdrive(as_share:TRUE, exit_on_fail:TRUE);
if (!is_accessible_share(share:share)) audit(AUDIT_SHARE_FAIL, share);

## Check mitigation
var keys = make_list(
  'SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\Printers\\PointAndPrint\\NoWarningNoElevationOnInstall',
  'SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\Printers\\PointAndPrint\\UpdatePromptSettings');

hotfix_check_fversion_init();
registry_init();
var hklm = registry_hive_connect(hive:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, exit_on_fail:TRUE);
var values = get_registry_values(handle:hklm, items:keys);
var admin_key = 'SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\Printers\\PointAndPrint\\RestrictDriverInstallationToAdministrators';
var admin_only = get_registry_value(handle:hklm, item:admin_key);
RegCloseKey(handle:hklm);

if (!isnull(admin_only))
{
  if (admin_only == 1)
  {
    hotfix_check_fversion_end();
    audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
  }
}

var report = '\n Nessus detected the following insecure registry key configuration:\n';
# MS: must confirm that the following registry settings are set to 0 (zero) or are not defined
# if defined and empty we are exposed; so isNull over empty_or_null()
# setup reporting
foreach var key (keys)
{
  if(!isnull(values[key]) && (values[key] != 0) )
  {
    report += '    - ' + key + ' is set to ' + values[key] + '\n';
    mitigated = FALSE;
  }
}
hotfix_add_report(report);

# if we don't have any patches or the registry is insecurely configured, alert.
if(!mitigated)
{
    replace_kb_item(name:'SMB/Missing/'+bulletin, value:TRUE);
    hotfix_security_hole();
    hotfix_check_fversion_end();
    exit(0);
}
else
{
    hotfix_check_fversion_end();
    audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, hotfix_get_audit_report());
}