CVE-2017-6543

high Tenable
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.3%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 50% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: March 8, 2017 (3353 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Tenable
Source: NVD

Description

Tenable Nessus before 6.10.2 (as used alone or in Tenable Appliance before 4.5.0) was found to contain a flaw that allowed a remote, authenticated attacker to upload a crafted file that could be written to anywhere on the system. This could be used to subsequently gain elevated privileges on the system (e.g., after a reboot). This issue only affects installations on Windows.

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

tenable nessustenable appliance

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.tenable.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.tenable.com