What is CVE-2017-7849?

CVE-2017-7849 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-19.

How severe is CVE-2017-7849?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Tenable Nessus

CVE-2017-7849

Nessus 6.10.x before 6.10.5 was found to be vulnerable to a local denial of service condition due to insecure permissions when running in Agent Mode.

EPSS: 0.000 (9.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Tenable Nessus — versions 6.10.0, 6.10.1, 6.10.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7849?: CVE-2017-7849 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-19.
How severe is CVE-2017-7849?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.