Vulnerability · Published Nov 1, 2023 · Assigned by tenable
CVE-2023-5847
Medium 6.7
In plain English
A medium-severity privilege mismanagement in Nessus from Tenable. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Under certain conditions, a low privileged attacker could load a specially crafted file during installation or upgrade to escalate privileges on Windows and Linux hosts.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Tenable | Nessus | 0 – before 10.6.2 |
| Tenable | Nessus Agent | 0 – before 10.4.3 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H