Tenable Nessus up to 10.5.x SNMP insufficiently protected credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Tenable Nessus up to 10.5.x. This impacts an unknown function of the component SNMP Handler. This manipulation causes insufficiently protected credentials. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-3251. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Tenable Nessus up to 10.5.x (Security Testing Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component SNMP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-522. The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A pass-back vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could uncover stored SMTP credentials within the Nessus application.This issue affects Nessus: before 10.6.0.

The weakness was released 08/30/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at tenable.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-3251 since 06/14/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 10.6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

VulDB Base Score: 2.7
VulDB Temp Score: 2.6
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NVD Base Score: 4.9
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CNA Base Score: 4.1
CNA Vector (Tenable Network Security, Inc.): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Insufficiently protected credentials
CWE: CWE-522
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Nessus 10.6.0

Timelineinfo

06/14/2023 🔍
08/30/2023 +77 days 🔍
08/30/2023 +0 days 🔍
09/22/2023 +23 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: tenable.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-3251 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-3251
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-238291
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20091204

Entryinfo

Created: 08/30/2023 07:03
Updated: 09/22/2023 14:47
Changes: 08/30/2023 07:03 (50), 09/22/2023 14:47 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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