Microsoft Internet Information Services Privilege Elevation Vulnerability (942831)
🗓️ 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2008-0074 | 12 Feb 200820:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2008-0074 | 12 Feb 200820:00 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2008-0087 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| Those years make us tremble in fear of the IIS vulnerability-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net | 23 Nov 201800:00 | – | myhack58 | |
| CVE-2008-0074 | 12 Feb 200821:00 | – | nvd | |
| Microsoft Internet Information Services Privilege Elevation Vulnerability (942831) | 13 Jan 201100:00 | – | openvas | |
| Design/Logic Flaw | 12 Feb 200821:00 | – | prion | |
| Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-005 – Important Vulnerability in Internet Information Services Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (942831) | 12 Feb 200800:00 | – | securityvulns | |
| Microsoft Internet Information Services privilege escalation | 12 Feb 200800:00 | – | securityvulns | |
| MS08-005: Vulnerability in Internet Information Services Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (942831) | 12 Feb 200800:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| securitytracker | www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Feb/1019384.html |
| docs | www.docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-005 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/27101 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801704");
script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-01-13 17:08:42 +0100 (Thu, 13 Jan 2011)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-0074");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Microsoft Internet Information Services Privilege Elevation Vulnerability (942831)");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Feb/1019384.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27101");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-005");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
script_dependencies("secpod_reg_enum.nasl", "gb_ms_iis_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("MS/IIS/Ver", "SMB/registry_enumerated");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary
code with SYSTEM-level privileges.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 and prior
- Microsoft Windows 2K Service Pack 4 and prior
- Microsoft Windows 2K3 Service Pack 2 and prior
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 5.0
- Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 5.1
- Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0
- Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 7.0");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an error within the handling of file change
notifications in the 'FTPRoot', 'NNTPFile\Root', and 'WWWRoot' folders.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing a critical security update according to
Microsoft Bulletin MS08-005.");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("secpod_reg.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");
if(hotfix_check_sp(xp:4, win2003:3, winVista:3, win2k:5) <= 0){
exit(0);
}
iisVer = get_kb_item("MS/IIS/Ver");
if(!iisVer){
exit(0);
}
if(hotfix_missing(name:"942831") == 0){
exit(0);
}
sysPath = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\COM3\Setup",
item:"Install Path");
if(sysPath)
{
sysVer = fetch_file_version(sysPath:sysPath, file_name:"inetsrv\infocomm.dll");
if(sysVer)
{
if(hotfix_check_sp(win2k:5) > 0)
{
if(version_is_less(version:sysVer, test_version:"5.0.2195.7147")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:sysVer, fixed_version:"5.0.2195.7147");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
exit(0);
}
if(hotfix_check_sp(xp:4) > 0)
{
SP = get_kb_item("SMB/WinXP/ServicePack");
if("Service Pack 2" >< SP)
{
if(version_is_less(version:sysVer, test_version:"6.0.2600.3290")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:sysVer, fixed_version:"6.0.2600.3290");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
exit(0);
}
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
if(hotfix_check_sp(win2003:3) > 0)
{
SP = get_kb_item("SMB/Win2003/ServicePack");
if("Service Pack 2" >< SP)
{
if(version_is_less(version:sysVer, test_version:"6.0.3790.4215")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:sysVer, fixed_version:"6.0.3790.4215");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
exit(0);
}
if ("Service Pack 1" >< SP)
{
if(version_is_less(version:sysVer, test_version:"6.0.3790.3068")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:sysVer, fixed_version:"6.0.3790.3068");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
exit(0);
}
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
}
}
sysPath = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion",
item:"PathName");
if(!sysPath){
exit(0);
}
sysVer = fetch_file_version(sysPath:sysPath, file_name:"system32\inetsrv\infocomm.dll");
if(!sysVer){
exit(0);
}
if(hotfix_check_sp(winVista:3) > 0)
{
if(version_is_less(version:sysVer, test_version:"7.0.6000.16576")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:sysVer, fixed_version:"7.0.6000.16576");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
exit(0);
}
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