Nessus CVE-2017-7850 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	97952
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2017-7850
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Apr 19 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	May 02 2017 12:08AM
Credit:	Jakub Palaczynski
Vulnerable:	Nessus Nessus 6.10.4 Nessus Nessus 6.10.3
Not Vulnerable:	Nessus Nessus 6.10.5

Nessus CVE-2017-7850 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Nessus is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

A local attacker may exploit this issue to gain elevated administrative privileges on the affected system.

Nessus 6.10.0 through 6.10.4 are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Nessus CVE-2017-7850 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Nessus CVE-2017-7850 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Nessus CVE-2017-7850 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• Nessus Homepage (Tenable Network Security)
  
• [R3] Nessus 6.10.5 Fixes Two Vulnerabilities (Tenable)