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High
CVE-2017-7850
Nessus 6.10.x before 6.10.5 was found to be vulnerable to...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Vulnerable Versions:
6.10.0, 6.10.1, 6.10.2, 6.10.3, 6.10.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 19th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.