Microsoft Windows Ancillary Function Driver Privilege Elevation Vulnerability (2592799)
🗓️ 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS11-080 Afd.sys Privilege Escalation Exploit | 30 Nov 201100:00 | – | zdt | |
| MS11-080 AfdJoinLeaf Privilege Escalation | 3 Oct 201200:00 | – | zdt | |
| CVE-2011-2005 | 12 Oct 201100:00 | – | attackerkb | |
| CVE-2011-2005 | 30 Nov 201100:00 | – | circl | |
| Microsoft Ancillary Function Driver (afd.sys) Improper Input Validation Vulnerability | 28 Mar 202200:00 | – | cisa_kev | |
| CVE-2011-2005 | 12 Oct 201101:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2011-2005 | 12 Oct 201101:00 | – | cvelist | |
| Microsoft Windows XP/2003 - 'afd.sys' Local Privilege Escalation (MS11-080) | 30 Nov 201100:00 | – | exploitdb | |
| Microsoft Windows - 'AfdJoinLeaf' Local Privilege Escalation (MS11-080) (Metasploit) | 10 Oct 201200:00 | – | exploitdb | |
| Windows-XP-2003-Afd.sys-Escalation | 5 Jan 201516:22 | – | exploitpack |
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# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902482");
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:"2011-10-12 16:01:32 +0200 (Wed, 12 Oct 2011)");
script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-2005");
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_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-07-09 18:23:38 +0000 (Tue, 09 Jul 2024)");
script_name("Microsoft Windows Ancillary Function Driver Privilege Elevation Vulnerability (2592799)");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2592799");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49941");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-080");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 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 could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker
logs on to a user's system and runs a specially crafted application.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 and prior
- Microsoft Windows 2K3 Service Pack 2 and prior");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is caused by an error in Ancillary Function Driver (AFD) which does
not properly validates input before passing the input from user mode to the
Windows kernel.");
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 an important security update according to
Microsoft Bulletin MS11-080.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
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) <= 0){
exit(0);
}
## MS11-080 Hotfix 2592799
if((hotfix_missing(name:"2592799") == 0)){
exit(0);
}
sysPath = smb_get_systemroot();
if(!sysPath ){
exit(0);
}
sysVer = fetch_file_version(sysPath:sysPath, file_name:"system32\drivers\afd.sys");
if(!sysVer){
exit(0);
}
if(hotfix_check_sp(xp:4) > 0)
{
SP = get_kb_item("SMB/WinXP/ServicePack");
if("Service Pack 3" >< SP)
{
if(version_is_less(version:sysVer, test_version:"5.1.2600.6142")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:sysVer, fixed_version:"5.1.2600.6142", install_path:sysPath);
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
exit(0);
}
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
else 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:"5.2.3790.4898")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:sysVer, fixed_version:"5.2.3790.4898", install_path:sysPath);
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
exit(0);
}
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
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