CVE-2017-7199 — Incorrect Permission Assignment in Nessus

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 76.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Tenable Nessus
Timeline
PublishedMar 23
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Nessus 6.6.2 - 6.10.3 contains a flaw related to insecure permissions that may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges when the software is running in Agent Mode. Version 6.10.4 fixes this issue.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDtenable/nessus12 versions+11

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-vc6r-g533-p3rq: Nessus 6↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2017-7199: Nessus 6↗2017-03-23
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VulnCheck
tenable nessus Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource↗2017
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