CVE-2017-6543

Published Mar 8, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.3 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-15599 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 3:33 PM
Reserved
Mar 8, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 8, 2017, 11:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:22 AM