High severity · published Mar 23, 2017
CVE-2017-7199
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
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
Nessus · Tenable
6.6.2; 6.7; 6.8.0; 6.8.1; 6.9.0; 6.9.1; +6 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7199
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7199
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97110
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038124
aspe1337.blogspot.nl
https://aspe1337.blogspot.nl/2017/04/writeup-of-cve-2017-7199.html
Vendor Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-08
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