CVE-2017-6543

Published: Mar 8, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.3

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.3 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Tenable: Nessus, Appliance

2 products

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Tenable Nessus	Up to 6.10.1

Configuration B

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Tenable Appliance	Version 4.4.0

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Microsoft Windows	All versions

References (4)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96418

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-06

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96418

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-06

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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