CVE-2023-5847

MEDIUM

Tenable Nessus < 10.6.2 - Improper Privilege Management

Title source: rule

Description

Under certain conditions, a low privileged attacker could load a specially crafted file during installation or upgrade to escalate privileges on Windows and Linux hosts.

References (2)

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 15.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-269
Status published

Affected Products (2)

tenable/nessus < 10.6.2
tenable/nessus_agent < 10.4.3

Timeline

Published Nov 01, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026