hello list,
the  cisco  network  admission control system gives an adminitrator the
chance  to  check  the  clients,  whether  they have installed certain
patches / hotfixes. this check is not reliable.

programm version: cisco trust agent 2.0.1.14 (probably all versions)
os: windows xp sp2
vendor informed: yes (got only automated feedback mail)
severity: low - med

vulnerability:  the cta checks the patch level only with some registry
queries which can be manipulated

example:
- "Cisco:Host:Hotfix contains KB919007" as posture validation
- the KB919007 hotfix is not installed!
- copy the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\Windows
XP\SP3\KB873339 key and change it into a KB919007 key
- result: client is healty

regards
thorben