CVE-2023-5622

HIGH

Tenable Nessus Network Monitor < 6.3.0 - Improper Privilege Management

Title source: rule

Description

Under certain conditions, Nessus Network Monitor could allow a low privileged user to escalate privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows hosts by replacing a specially crafted file.

References (1)

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-34

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 17.2%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-269

Status published

Affected Products (1)

tenable/nessus_network_monitor < 6.3.0

Timeline

Published Oct 26, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026