VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-8051
Through the manipulation of the tns_appliance_session_user parameter, a remote attacker can inject arbitrary commands.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 16.5%
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Tenable Appliance 3.5 - 4.4.0, and possibly prior versions, contains a flaw in the simpleupload.py script in the Web UI. Through the manipulation of the tns_appliance_session_user parameter, a remote attacker can inject arbitrary commands.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 16.48% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- tenable/appliance
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-07Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://vulndb.cyberriskanalytics.com/153135Permissions Required
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41892/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-07Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://vulndb.cyberriskanalytics.com/153135Permissions Required
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41892/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.