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MS05-039: Vulnerability in Plug and Play Could Allow Remote Code Execution and Elevation of Privilege (899588)

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FamilyWindows : Microsoft Bulletins
Nessus Plugin ID19402 (smb_nt_ms05-039.nasl)
Bugtraq ID14513
CVE IDCVE-2005-1983

Description:
Synopsis :

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host due to a flaw in the
Plug-And-Play service.

Description :

The remote version of Windows contains a flaw in the function
PNP_QueryResConfList() in the Plug and Play service which may allow an
attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host with the SYSTEM
privileges.

A series of worms (Zotob) are known to exploit this vulnerability in the
wild.

Solution :

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2000, XP and 2003 :

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-039.mspx

Risk factor :

Critical / CVSS Base Score : 10.0
(CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
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