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.

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.

EPSS: 0.000 (8.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

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-2017-7850?: 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.