CVE-2017-7199

high Tenable
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 77% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: March 23, 2017 (3338 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Tenable
Source: NVD

Description

Nessus 6.6.2 - 6.10.3 contains a flaw related to insecure permissions that may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges when the software is running in Agent Mode. Version 6.10.4 fixes this issue.

CWE

CWE-732

Affected Products

tenable nessus

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 aspe1337.blogspot.nl 🔗 www.tenable.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com