CVE-2023-6178: An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated attacker with privileges on the managing application could alter Nessus Rules variables to…

PriorityP335medium6.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRHUINSUCNIHAH

EPSS

0.83%

52.8th percentile

An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated attacker with privileges on the managing application could alter Nessus Rules variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host, which could lead to a denial of service condition.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
tenable	nessus	< 10.4.4	10.4.4
tenable	nessus_agent	< 10.4.3	10.4.3

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