{"id":"CVE-2017-7199","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-7199","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:47:00.443Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2017-03-23T16:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:23:51.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-732"],"affected":["tenable/nessus"],"epss":{"score":0.00356,"percentile":0.29091,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97110","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038124","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://aspe1337.blogspot.nl/2017/04/writeup-of-cve-2017-7199.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-08","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97110","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038124","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://aspe1337.blogspot.nl/2017/04/writeup-of-cve-2017-7199.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-08","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7199","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}