Medium severity · published Apr 19, 2017
CVE-2017-7849
Nessus 6.10.x before 6.10.5 was found to be vulnerable to a local denial of service condition due to insecure permissions when running in Agent Mode
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Nessus 6.10.x before 6.10.5 was found to be vulnerable to a local denial of service condition due to insecure permissions when running in Agent Mode.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 16% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
Nessus · Tenable
6.10.0; 6.10.1; 6.10.2; 6.10.3; 6.10.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7849
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7849
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97951
Vendor Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-10
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