CVE-2017-6543

Published: Mar 8, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-noinfo

7.3HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

Tenable Nessus before 6.10.2 (as used alone or in Tenable Appliance before 4.5.0) was found to contain a flaw that allowed a remote, authenticated attacker to upload a crafted file that could be written to anywhere on the system. This could be used to subsequently gain elevated privileges on the system (e.g., after a reboot). This issue only affects installations on Windows.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAttack Vector

Local

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:LPrivileges Required

Low

UI:RUser Interaction

Required

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

tenable

commercial

nessusOn-premSecurity Product

Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner

applianceOn-prem

Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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References

http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-06

tenable.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96418

securityfocus.com

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