Tenable Nessus < 8.12.1 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (TNS-2020-08)

high Nessus Plugin ID 142144

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Synopsis

Tenable Nessus running on the remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

A vulnerability in Nessus versions 8.9.0 through 8.12.0 could allow an authenticated local attacker to copy user-supplied files to a specially constructed path in a specifically named user directory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious file and copying the file to a system directory. The attacker needs valid credentials to exploit this vulnerability.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Tenable Nessus version 8.12.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142144

File Name: nessus_tns_2020_08.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/30/2020

Updated: 2/8/2023

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5793

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:tenable:nessus

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Tenable Nessus

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/29/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5793

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