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CVE-2017-6543 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.3 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96418 CVE
http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-06 CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96418 [email protected]
http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-06 [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
tenable nessus
<= 6.10.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
tenable appliance
4.4.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:appliance:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-6543
NVD Published Date:
Mar 8, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-6543 Details - Not Deferred