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Vulnerability Assessment Details

Indexing Service Code Execution (871250) (registry check)

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks the remote registry for MS05-003

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host.

Description :

The remote host contains a version of the Indexing Service which is
vulnerable to a security flaw which may permit a possible hacker to execute
arbitrary code on the remote host by constructing a malicious query.

Solution :

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

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-003.mspx

Network Security Threat Level:

High / CVSS Base Score : 8
(AV:R/AC:H/Au:NR/C:C/A:C/I:C/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 12228

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security

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