CVE-2020-5793 — Nessus vulnerability
3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.58%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 5
Latest updateMay 24
Description
A vulnerability in Nessus versions 8.9.0 through 8.12.0 for Windows & Nessus Agent 8.0.0 and 8.1.0 for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to copy user-supplied files to a specially constructed path in a specifically named user directory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious file and copying the file to a system directory. The attacker needs valid credentials on the Windows system to exploit this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9