Vulnerability in Tenable Nessus
CVE-2017-7850
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (18.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 18.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Tenable Nessus — versions 6.10.0, 6.10.1, 6.10.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-10 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97952 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-7850?
- CVE-2017-7850 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-04-19.
- How severe is CVE-2017-7850?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.