What is CVE-2023-6062?

CVE-2023-6062 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2023-11-20.

How severe is CVE-2023-6062?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Tenable Nessus

CVE-2023-6062

An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges on the Nessus application could alter Nessus Rules variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host, which could l…

EPSS: 0.002 (43.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Tenable Nessus — versions 0, 10.5.7

References

www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-39
www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-40

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-6062?: CVE-2023-6062 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2023-11-20.
How severe is CVE-2023-6062?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.