Microsoft Windows Message Queuing Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (971032)
🗓️ 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2009-1922 | 12 Aug 200917:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2009-1922 | 12 Aug 200917:00 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2009-1917 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2009-1922 | 12 Aug 200917:30 | – | nvd | |
| Microsoft Windows Message Queuing Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (971032) | 13 Aug 200900:00 | – | openvas | |
| Null pointer dereference | 12 Aug 200917:30 | – | prion | |
| PT-2008-09: Microsoft Windows MSMQ Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | 1 Jan 200800:00 | – | ptsecurity | |
| Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-040 - Important Vulnerability in Message Queuing Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (971032) | 11 Aug 200900:00 | – | securityvulns | |
| [PT-2008-09] Microsoft Windows MSMQ Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | 12 Aug 200900:00 | – | securityvulns | |
| Microsoft Windows MSMQ (message queuing) privilege escalation | 12 Aug 200900:00 | – | securityvulns |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900908");
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:"2009-08-13 19:09:22 +0200 (Thu, 13 Aug 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.9");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1922");
script_name("Microsoft Windows Message Queuing Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (971032)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
script_dependencies("secpod_reg_enum.nasl");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
script_mandatory_keys("SMB/registry_enumerated");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to execute arbitrary code with
SYSTEM level privileges and completely compromise the affected system.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"- Microsoft Windows 2K Service Pack 4 and prior
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 and prior
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 and prior
- Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and prior");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An error occurs while parsing malicious IOCTL requests sent to the Message Queuing
service (MSMQ) because the input data is not adequately sanitised before being passed into the buffer.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing a critical security update according to
Microsoft Bulletin MS09-040.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971032");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35969");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-040");
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, win2k:5, win2003:3, winVista:3) <= 0){
exit(0);
}
# MS09-040 Hotfix (971032)
if(hotfix_missing(name:"971032") == 0){
exit(0);
}
exePath = registry_get_sz(item:"Install Path", key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\COM3\Setup");
if(!exePath){
exit(0);
}
share = ereg_replace(pattern:"([A-Z]):.*", replace:"\1$", string:exePath);
file = ereg_replace(pattern:"[A-Z]:(.*)", replace:"\1", string:exePath + "\Mqsvc.exe");
exeVer = GetVer(file:file, share:share);
if(!exeVer){
exit(0);
}
if(hotfix_check_sp(win2k:5) > 0)
{
if(version_in_range(version:exeVer, test_version:"5.0", test_version2:"5.0.0.807")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:exeVer, vulnerable_range:"5.0 - 5.0.0.807");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
exit(0);
}
else if(hotfix_check_sp(xp:3) > 0)
{
SP = get_kb_item("SMB/WinXP/ServicePack");
if("Service Pack 2" >< SP)
{
if(version_in_range(version:exeVer, test_version:"5.1", test_version2:"5.1.0.1110")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:exeVer, vulnerable_range:"5.1 - 5.1.0.1110");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
exit(0);
}
}
else if(hotfix_check_sp(win2003:3) > 0)
{
SP = get_kb_item("SMB/Win2003/ServicePack");
if("Service Pack 2" >< SP)
{
if(version_in_range(version:exeVer, test_version:"5.2", test_version2:"5.2.2007.4529")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:exeVer, vulnerable_range:"5.2 - 5.2.2007.4529");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
exit(0);
}
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
sysPath = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion", item:"PathName");
if(!sysPath){
exit(0);
}
share = ereg_replace(pattern:"([A-Z]):.*", replace:"\1$", string:sysPath);
file = ereg_replace(pattern:"[A-Z]:(.*)", replace:"\1", string:sysPath + "\System32\Mqsvc.exe");
exeVer = GetVer(file:file, share:share);
if(exeVer)
{
if(hotfix_check_sp(winVista:3) > 0)
{
if(version_is_less(version:exeVer, test_version:"6.0.6000.16871")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:exeVer, fixed_version:"6.0.6000.16871");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
exit(0);
}
}
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