CVE-2017-7849 Misconfiguration in n/a
Local attackers can cause a denial of service in Nessus Agent Mode due to insecure file permissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-7849?
CVE-2017-7849 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, published on 19 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7849?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tenable Nessus.
How do I fix CVE-2017-7849?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-7849 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-7849 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7849 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Tenable Nessus
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gj88-5g85-649p.