High severity · published Jan 20, 2023
CVE-2023-0101
A privilege escalation vulnerability was identified in Nessus versions 8.10.1 through 8.15.8 and 10.0.0 through 10.4.1
8.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability was identified in Nessus versions 8.10.1 through 8.15.8 and 10.0.0 through 10.4.1. An authenticated attacker could potentially execute a specially crafted file to obtain root or NT AUTHORITY / SYSTEM privileges on the Nessus host.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
Nessus · Tenable
8.10.1 before 8.15.8; 10.0.0 before 10.4.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0101
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0101
Patch
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-01
Patch
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-02
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