(MS15-058) Microsoft SQL Server Privilege Escalation (3065718)

[bfrisan]

Have a few computers missing this (MS15-058) Microsoft SQL Server Privilege Escalation (3065718) patch.

Get access denied just by trying to run the patch: SQLServer2008-KB3045305-x64.exe even though I'm logged in with my domain admin account.

I do a run as administrator with my domain admin account and GUI will start but will still fail with Setup account privileges failed.

Local admin account has same problem.
Screen shots attached.

Has anyone come across a problem like this??

 

[NoelDP]

at what Service Pack level is your SQL Server install?
I am NOT any kind of expert in domain permissions! - have you checked the two links in the error message?
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms813696.aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms813959.aspx

It's always possible that there is registry corruption present which is preventing access to certain keys - that's also worth checking.