CVE-2017-7850

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

0.0%

Exploitation probability in 30 days

Top 92% 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: April 19, 2017 (3311 days ago)

Last Modified: May 13, 2026

Vendor: Tenable

Source: NVD

Description

Nessus 6.10.x before 6.10.5 was found to be vulnerable to a local privilege escalation issue due to insecure permissions when running in Agent Mode.

CWE-732

tenable nessus