CVE-2018-1141

CVSS V2 Medium 4.4 CVSS V3 High 7

Description

When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default location, Nessus versions prior to 7.0.3 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the installation location.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-1141

Assigner
vulnreport@tenable.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2018-03-20T18:29:00

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::::::::	1	OR		7.0.3

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.4

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.4

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
HIGH

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-01	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040557	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1141
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1141

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:31:55				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 03:38:54	2018-03-20T18:29Z	2018-03-20T18:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 03:38:54		2019-10-03T00:03:26	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 03:38:54		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated