CVE-2023-2005

MEDIUM

Tenable Nessus - Uncontrolled Search Path

Title source: rule

Description

Vulnerability in Tenable Tenable.Io, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center.This issue affects Tenable.Io: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Nessus: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Security Center: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 . This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions on a scan target to place a binary in a specific filesystem location, and abuse the impacted plugin in order to escalate privileges.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-21

Scores

CVSS v3 6.3

EPSS 0.0021

EPSS Percentile 43.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-427

Status published

Affected Products (3)

tenable/nessus

tenable/securitycenter

tenable/tenable.io

Timeline

Published Jun 26, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026