# CVE-2017-7199: 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 softwa


- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Mar 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vc6r-g533-p3rq

## What is CVE-2017-7199?

CVE-2017-7199 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, published on 23 Mar 2017. 

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7199?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Tenable Nessus.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-7199?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-7199 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-7199 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7199 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Tenable Nessus

- [CVE-2022-4313](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4313/): Command injection in Tenable.io, Tenable.sc and Nessus (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-0524](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0524/): Privilege escalation in Tenable.io, Tenable.sc, Nessus (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-0101](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0101/): Privilege escalation in Nessus (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-32973](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-32973/): Privilege escalation in Nessus (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-36630](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36630/): Local Privilege Escalation (high 8.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-7199 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-7199 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, published on 23 Mar 2017. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7199 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Tenable Nessus. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7199/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7199/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7199
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7199
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7199

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