VDB-98480 · CVE-2017-7199 · BID 97110

Tenable Nessus up to 6.10.3 Agent Mode Permission access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Tenable Nessus up to 6.10.3 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Agent Mode. Such manipulation leads to access control (Permission). This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-7199. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Tenable Nessus up to 6.10.3 (Security Testing Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Agent Mode. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability (Permission). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Nessus 6.6.2 - 6.10.3 contains a flaw related to insecure permissions that may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges when the software is running in Agent Mode. Version 6.10.4 fixes this issue.

The bug was discovered 03/23/2017. The weakness was published 03/23/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tenable.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-7199 since 03/20/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 6.10.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 97110†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038124†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Permission
Class: Access control / Permission
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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OpenVAS ID: 800801
OpenVAS Name: Tenable Nessus Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Nessus 6.10.4

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: tenable.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-7199 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7199
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98480
SecurityFocus: 97110 - Nessus CVE-2017-7199 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-7199 - Tenable - Nessus - Privilege Escalation Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038124

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20091204

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2017 07:40
Changes: 03/24/2017 07:40 (74)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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