CVE-2017-7199
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
Nessus 6.6.2 - 6.10.3 contains a flaw related to insecure permissions that may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges when the software is running in Agent Mode. Version 6.10.4 fixes this issue.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97110
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038124
- https://aspe1337.blogspot.nl/2017/04/writeup-of-cve-2017-7199.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-08
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97110
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038124
- https://aspe1337.blogspot.nl/2017/04/writeup-of-cve-2017-7199.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-08
CWEs
CWE-732
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.