CVE-2020-5793

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-5793
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-11-05 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-11-16 18:41:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in Nessus versions 8.9.0 through 8.12.0 for Windows & Nessus Agent 8.0.0 and 8.1.0 for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to copy user-supplied files to a specially constructed path in a specifically named user directory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious file and copying the file to a system directory. The attacker needs valid credentials on the Windows system to exploit this vulnerability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Application Tenable Nessus All All All All
Application Tenable Nessus Agent 8.0.0 All All All
Application Tenable Nessus Agent 8.1.0 All All All
Application Tenable Nessus Agent 8.0.0 All All All
Application Tenable Nessus Agent 8.1.0 All All All

References

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[R1] Nessus 8.12.1 Fixes One Vulnerability - Security Advisory | Tenable® MISC www.tenable.com Vendor Advisory
[R2] Nessus Agent 8.2.0 Fixes One Vulnerability - Security Advisory | Tenable® MISC www.tenable.com Vendor Advisory
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