CVE-2017-6543
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2017-6543 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2017-03-08 23:59:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nessus Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | |
| [R3] Nessus 6.10.2 Fixes One Vulnerability - Security Advisory | Tenable™ | CONFIRM | www.tenable.com | Vendor Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
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