CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-5622

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Oct 26, 2023 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Under certain conditions, Nessus Network Monitor could allow a low privileged user to escalate privileges to NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM on Windows hosts by replacing a specially crafted file.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Nessus_network_monitor Tenable * 6.3.0 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References