CVE-2023-2005 (GCVE-0-2023-2005)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-26 17:39 – Updated: 2024-12-03 18:44
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Tenable Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 Fixes Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Summary
Vulnerability in Tenable Tenable.Io, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center.This issue affects Tenable.Io: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Nessus: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Security Center: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 .
This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions on a scan target to place a binary in a specific filesystem location, and abuse the impacted plugin in order to escalate privileges.
Severity
6.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-03 18:42 UTC
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenable | Tenable.io |
Affected:
0 , < Plugin Feed ID #202306261202
(Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 )
|
guessed | |
| Tenable | Nessus |
Affected:
0 , < Plugin Feed ID #202306261202
(Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 )
|
guessed | |
| Tenable | Security Center |
Affected:
0 , < Plugin Feed ID #202306261202
(Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 )
|
guessed |
Date Public
2023-06-26 20:00
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