Summary
This host is missing an important security
update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS15-005.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow remote
attackers to relax the firewall policy and/or configuration of certain services by spoofing responses of DNS or LDAP traffic via a Man-in-the-Middle attack.
Impact Level: System
Solution
Run Windows Update and update the
listed hotfixes or download and update mentioned hotfixes in the advisory from the below link,
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS15-005
NOTE: For Microsoft Windows 2003 solution is not available.
Insight
The flaw is due to an error within the
Network Location Awareness (NLA) service when validating if a domain-connected computer is connected to the domain.
Affected
Microsoft Windows 8 x32/x64
Microsoft Windows Server 2012/R2
Microsoft Windows 8.1 x32/x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows 7 x32/x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and prior Microsoft Windows 2003 x32/x64 Edition Service Pack 2 and prior Microsoft Windows Vista x32/x64 Edition Service Pack 2 and prior Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and prior Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x32/x64 Edition Service Pack 2 and prior
Detection
Get the vulnerable file version and
check appropriate patch is applied or not.
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2015-0006 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
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