CVE-2023-3251 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-3251

Pass-back vulnerability in Nessus

Vulnerability Description

A pass-back vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could uncover stored SMTP credentials within the Nessus application.This issue affects Nessus: before 10.6.0.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Pedro Jose Navas Perez at Hispasec

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Nessus
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 29th, 2023
Last Modified: September 30th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-522

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1555 Credentials from Password Stores
Credential Access
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1021 Remote Services
Lateral Movement
T1098 Account Manipulation
Privilege Escalation