CVE-2017-8051

Published: Apr 21, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-78

9.8CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-78

Affected Products

tenable

commercial

applianceOn-prem

Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner

Tenable, Inc.

commercialaka tenable.sc, nessus network monitor, nessus

Tenable ApplianceMixed

Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-07

tenable.com

https://vulndb.cyberriskanalytics.com/153135

vulndb.cyberriskanalytics.com

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41892/

exploit-db.com

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