Description
Nessus 6.10.x before 6.10.5 was found to be vulnerable to a local privilege escalation issue due to insecure permissions when running in Agent Mode.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-10
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97952
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
7.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-732
Status
published
Products (5)
tenable/nessus
6.10.0
tenable/nessus
6.10.1
tenable/nessus
6.10.2
tenable/nessus
6.10.3
tenable/nessus
6.10.4
Published
Apr 19, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026