CVE-2017-7850 Nessus 6.10.x before 6.10.5 was found to be vulnerable to a local privilege escalation issue due to insecure permissions when running in Agent Mode.
High 7.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-7850 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2017-7850 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, published on 19 Apr 2017.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7850 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-2017-7850/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7850/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-7850?
CVE-2017-7850 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, published on 19 Apr 2017.
Official description
Nessus 6.10.x before 6.10.5 was found to be vulnerable to a local privilege escalation issue due to insecure permissions when running in Agent Mode.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7850?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tenable Nessus.
How do I fix CVE-2017-7850?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-7850 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-7850 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7850 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Tenable Nessus
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7xfq-cg5m-hf99.