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Tenable Nessus Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.2
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
7 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Nessus is prone to a local privilege escalation vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
Nessus contains a flaw related to insecure permissions that may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges when the software is running in Agent Mode.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Tenable Nessus 6.6.2 until 6.10.3.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to version 6.10.4 or later.