Nessus
CVE-2023-0524
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
As part of our Security Development Lifecycle, a potential privilege escalation issue was identified internally. This could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions to modify environment variables and abuse an impacted plugin in order to escalate privileges. We have resolved the issue and also made several defense-in-depth fixes alongside. While the probability of successful exploitation is low, Tenable is committed to securing our customers’ environments and our products. The updates have been distributed via the Tenable plugin feed in feed serial numbers equal to or greater than #202212212055.
AnalysisAI
As part of our Security Development Lifecycle, a potential privilege escalation issue was identified internally. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269), which allows attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access. As part of our Security Development Lifecycle, a potential privilege escalation issue was identified internally. This could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions to modify environment variables and abuse an impacted plugin in order to escalate privileges. We have resolved the issue and also made several defense-in-depth fixes alongside. While the probability of successful exploitation is low, Tenable is committed to securing our customers’ environments and our products. The updates have been distributed via the Tenable plugin feed in feed serial numbers equal to or greater than #202212212055. Affected products include: Tenable Nessus, Tenable Tenable.Io, Tenable Tenable.Sc.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply principle of least privilege, validate privilege transitions, implement proper role separation.
The BN_mod_sqrt() function, which computes a modular square root, contains a bug that can cause it to loop forever for n
The duration function in the moment package before 2.11.2 for Node.js allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servi
Insufficiently Protected Credentials: An authenticated user with debug privileges can retrieve stored Nessus policy cred
The /server/properties resource in Tenable Web UI before 2.3.5 for Nessus 5.2.3 through 5.2.7 allows remote attackers to
Vulnerability in Tenable Tenable.Io, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center.Io: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; N
A privilege escalation vulnerability was identified in Nessus versions 8.10.1 through 8.15.8 and 10.0.0 through 10.4.1.
An authenticated attacker could create an audit file that bypasses PowerShell cmdlet checks and executes commands with a
Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors can enable local users to exploit software vulnerable to timing attacks
In Tenable Nessus versions prior to 10.8.5 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could overwrit
Nessus 8.5.2 and earlier on Windows platforms were found to contain an issue where certain system files could be overwri
Nessus 6.6.2 - 6.10.3 contains a flaw related to insecure permissions that may allow a local attacker to escalate privil
Nessus 6.10.x before 6.10.5 was found to be vulnerable to a local privilege escalation issue due to insecure permissions
Same weakness CWE-269 – Improper Privilege Management
View allSame technique Privilege Escalation
View allShare
External POC / Exploit Code
Leaving vuln.today