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High severity · published Jun 26, 2023
CVE-2023-2005
Vulnerability in Tenable Tenable.Io, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center.This issue affects Tenable.Io: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Nessus: before Plugin Feed ID…
8.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Vulnerability in Tenable Tenable.Io, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center.This issue affects Tenable.Io: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Nessus: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Security Center: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 . This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions on a scan target to place a binary in a specific filesystem location, and abuse the impacted plugin in order to escalate privileges.
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)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
Nessus · Tenable
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SC
Security Center · Tenable
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
TE
Tenable.io · Tenable
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
Affected product
NE
Nessus
Tenable
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2005
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2005
Vendor Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-21
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