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CVE-2017-6543

N/A
Published: March 8, 2017 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:22 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsNessusAppliance· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%

Description

Tenable Nessus before 6.10.2 (as used alone or in Tenable Appliance before 4.5.0) was found to contain a flaw that allowed a remote, authenticated attacker to upload a crafted file that could be written to anywhere on the system. This could be used to subsequently gain elevated privileges on the system (e.g., after a reboot). This issue only affects installations on Windows.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Appliance· Tenable
95%
4.4.0
microsoft-windows (environment)
Nessus· Tenable Network Security
95%
v ≤ 6.10.1
microsoft-windows (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96418
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-06

CVSS

6MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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