CVE-2017-7199

high

Description

Nessus 6.6.2 - 6.10.3 contains a flaw related to insecure permissions that may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges when the software is running in Agent Mode. Version 6.10.4 fixes this issue.

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-08

https://aspe1337.blogspot.nl/2017/04/writeup-of-cve-2017-7199.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038124

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97110

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-23

Updated: 2019-10-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H