.NET Core Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (KB5037337) - Use-after-free vulnerability in WPF can lead to elevated privileges
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:microsoft:asp.net_core";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.832924");
script_version("2024-04-12T15:39:03+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2024-21409");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-04-12 15:39:03 +0000 (Fri, 12 Apr 2024)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-04-09 17:15:34 +0000 (Tue, 09 Apr 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-04-11 14:02:11 +0530 (Thu, 11 Apr 2024)");
script_name(".NET Core Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (KB5037337)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing an important security
update according to Microsoft KB5037337.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present
on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to an use-after-free
vulnerability existing in WPF.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allows an attacker
to gain elevated privileges.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:".NET Core runtime prior to version 7.0.18
and .NET Core SDK prior to version 7.0.408.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update .NET Core runtime to version 7.0.18
or later and update .NET Core SDK to version 7.0.408 later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/7.0/7.0.18/7.0.18.md");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Windows");
script_dependencies("gb_asp_dotnet_core_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ASP.NET/Core/Ver");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
coreVers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if(!coreVers || coreVers !~ "^7\.0") {
exit(0);
}
if(!corerunVer = get_kb_item(".NET/Core/Runtime/Ver")) {
if(!codesdkVer = get_kb_item(".NET/Core/SDK/Ver")){
exit(0);
}
}
if(corerunVer) {
if(corerunVer =~ "^7\.0" && version_is_less(version:corerunVer, test_version:"7.0.18")) {
fix = "7.0.18 or later";
}
}
else if(codesdkVer) {
if(codesdkVer =~ "^7\.0" && version_is_less(version:codesdkVer, test_version:"7.0.408")) {
fix1 = "7.0.408 or later";
}
}
if(fix) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:"ASP .NET Core With Microsoft .NET Core runtimes " + corerunVer,
fixed_version:"ASP .NET Core With Microsoft .NET Core runtimes version " + fix, install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
else if(fix1) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:"ASP .NET Core With Microsoft .NET Core SDK " + codesdkVer,
fixed_version:"ASP .NET Core With Microsoft .NET Core SDK version " + fix1, install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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