CVE-2017-7849

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

Description

Nessus 6.10.x before 6.10.5 was found to be vulnerable to a local denial of service condition due to insecure permissions when running in Agent Mode.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-7849

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2017-04-19T14:59:00

Last Modified Date
2019-10-03T00:03:26

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-732	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/732.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.2:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.3:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.4:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
2.1

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
5.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-10	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97951	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7849
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7849

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:28:12				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 16:01:43	2017-04-19T14:59Z	2017-04-19T14:59:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 16:01:43		2019-10-03T00:03:26	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 16:01:43		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated