CVE-2023-5847

MEDIUM

Nessus < 10.6.2 and Nessus Agent < 10.4.3 - Privilege Escalation via Crafted File During Installation or Upgrade

Title source: llm

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)

Core 2

Core References

Vendor Advisory

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-37

Vendor Advisory

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-38

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 16.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-269

Status published

Products (2)

tenable/nessus < 10.6.2

tenable/nessus_agent < 10.4.3

Published Nov 01, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026