Executive Risk Summary
"A vulnerability in the Arctera InfoScale Plugin_Host service allows for insecure deserialization of potentially untrusted messages, which can be exploited by an attacker. Disabling the Plugin_Host service manually can eliminate the vulnerability."
Operational Audit Arsenal
Target Type Service
Target Asset Plugin_Host
Standard Path %windir%\System32
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: Plugin_Host (Service)
$Targets = 'Plugin_Host'
$SearchPaths = @("$env:windir\System32", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}")
Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPaths -Include $Targets -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Select-Object FullName, @{Name="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion}}Patch Impact Forecast
Reboot Required Likely
Disaster Recovery services
Internal Work Notes
Vulnerability in Arctera InfoScale Plugin_Host service, recommend disabling service to mitigate risk
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