VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-5847
Under certain conditions, a low privileged attacker could load a specially crafted file during installation or upgrade to escalate privileges on Windows and Linux hosts.
HIGH 7.3EPSS 0.22%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Under certain conditions, a low privileged attacker could load a specially crafted file during installation or upgrade to escalate privileges on Windows and Linux hosts.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.22% probability · 13th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- tenable/nessus · tenable/nessus agent
- Source
- vulnreport@tenable.com
References
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-37Vendor Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-38Vendor Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-37Vendor Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-38Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.