7.8high
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 Ag…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.3%
percentile 21%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.28% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
References
- tenable.com /security/tns-2017-10 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/97952 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-7850
- NVD: CVE-2017-7850
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