CVE-2023-5847 (GCVE-0-2023-5847)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-01 15:30 – Updated: 2024-09-05 19:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Under certain conditions, a low privileged attacker could load a specially crafted file during installation or upgrade to escalate privileges on Windows and Linux hosts.
Severity
6.7 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-05 19:34 UTC
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
2 references
Impacted products
4 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenable | Nessus |
Affected:
0 , < 10.6.2
(10.6.2)
|
guessed | |
| Tenable | Nessus Agent |
Affected:
0 , < 10.4.3
(10.4.3)
|
guessed | |
| tenable | nessus |
Affected:
0 , < 10.6.2
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| tenable | nessus_agent |
Affected:
0 , < 10.4.3
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Date Public
2023-10-31 19:00
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