CVE-2020-5793

HIGH

Nessus <8.12.0 - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-07
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-08

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 10.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (3)
tenable/nessus 8.9.0 - 8.12.0
tenable/nessus_agent 8.0.0
tenable/nessus_agent 8.1.0
Published Nov 05, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026