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Windows Essentials Information Disclosure Vulnerability (2813707)

🗓️ 15 May 2013 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AGType 
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Windows Essential Information Disclosure Vulnerabilit

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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

CPE = "cpe:/a:microsoft:windows_essentials";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.903210");
  script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-0096");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-05-15 16:30:40 +0530 (Wed, 15 May 2013)");
  script_name("Windows Essentials Information Disclosure Vulnerability (2813707)");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2813707");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-045");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
  script_dependencies("gb_windows_live_essentials_detect.nasl");
  script_require_ports(139, 445);
  script_mandatory_keys("Windows/Essentials6432/Installed");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files and
  could led to launch further attacks.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Microsoft Windows Essentials 2012 and prior.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input processed
  by the Windows Writer component.");

  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 MS13-045.");

  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");
include("host_details.inc");

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE ) ) exit( 0 );
winVer = infos["version"];
winLoc = infos["location"];
if(!winLoc || "Could not find the install location" >< winLoc){
  exit(0);
}

exeVer = fetch_file_version(sysPath:winLoc, file_name:"Installer\wlarp.exe");
if(exeVer) {
  if(version_is_less(version:exeVer, test_version:"16.4.3508.205")) {
    security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
    exit(0);
  }
}

exit(99);

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28 Apr 2026 00:00Current
5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5
CVSS 26.8
EPSS0.16097
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