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
Published Mar 8, 2017
7.3
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.84%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.84% (0.00843) | 56.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.84% (0.00843) | 52.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.27% (0.00268) | 48.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.16% (0.00158) | 53.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 24, 2023 | 0.16% (0.00158) | 51.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 24, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00135) | 47.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00112) | 43.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 52.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 50.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 48.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 27.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 8.29% (0.08290) | 85.34th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 8.29% (0.08290) | 85.16th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 8.29% (0.08290) | 92.78th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 8.29% (0.08290) | 0.00th | v1 |
No CWE recorded.
References (2)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96418 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-06 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96418 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-06 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.