Description
Tenable Nessus before 6.10.2 (as used alone or in Tenable Appliance before 4.5.0) was found to contain a flaw that allowed a remote, authenticated attacker to upload a crafted file that could be written to anywhere on the system. This could be used to subsequently gain elevated privileges on the system (e.g., after a reboot). This issue only affects installations on Windows.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-15599 | Tenable Nessus before 6.10.2 (as used alone or in Tenable Appliance before 4.5.0) was found to contain a flaw that allowed a remote, authenticated attacker to upload a crafted file that could be written to anywhere on the system. This could be used to subsequently gain elevated privileges on the system (e.g., after a reboot). This issue only affects installations on Windows. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T15:33:20.378Z
Reserved: 2017-03-08T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-6543
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-03-08T23:59:00.170
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2017-6543
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD