.NET Core Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (Mar 2025)

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:microsoft:asp.net_core";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.836022");
  script_version("2025-03-14T05:38:04+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-24070");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-03-14 05:38:04 +0000 (Fri, 14 Mar 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2025-03-11 17:16:29 +0000 (Tue, 11 Mar 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-03-12 14:56:39 +0530 (Wed, 12 Mar 2025)");
  script_name(".NET Core Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (Mar 2025)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing an important security
  update according to Microsoft security update March 2025.");

  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 elevation of
  privilege vulnerability in .NET Core.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allows an attacker
  to elevate privileges.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:".NET Core runtime version 8.0.x prior to
  8.0.14, 9.0.x prior to 9.0.3 and .NET Core SDK version 8.0.x prior to 8.0.407
  and 9.0.x prior to 9.0.201.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update .NET Core runtime to version 8.0.14
  or 9.0.3 or later and update .NET Core SDK to version 8.0.407 or 9.0.201 or
  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/9.0/9.0.3/9.0.3.md");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/8.0/8.0.14/8.0.14.md");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 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 !~ "^9\.0" && coreVers !~ "^8\.0")) {
  exit(0);
}

if(!corerunVer = get_kb_item(".NET/Core/Runtime/Ver")) {
  if(!coresdkVer = get_kb_item(".NET/Core/SDK/Ver")){
    exit(0);
  }
}

if(corerunVer)
{
  if(version_in_range_exclusive(version:corerunVer, test_version_lo:"8.0", test_version_up:"8.0.14")){
    fix = "8.0.14 or later";
  }
  else if(version_in_range_exclusive(version:corerunVer, test_version_lo:"9.0", test_version_up:"9.0.3")){
    fix = "9.0.3 or later";
  }
}

else if(coresdkVer)
{
  if(version_in_range_exclusive(version:coresdkVer, test_version_lo:"8.0", test_version_up:"8.0.407")){
    fix1 = "8.0.407 or later";
  }
  else if(version_in_range_exclusive(version:coresdkVer, test_version_lo:"9.0", test_version_up:"9.0.201")){
    fix1 = "9.0.201 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);
}

if(fix1) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:"ASP .NET Core With Microsoft .NET Core SDK " + coresdkVer,
                         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);