High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 23, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-7199
CVE-2017-7199
Description
Nessus 6.6.2 - 6.10.3 contains a flaw related to insecure permissions that may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges when the software is running in Agent Mode. Version 6.10.4 fixes this issue.
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Affected products
12cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 11 more
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
4- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97110nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-08nvdVendor Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038124nvd
- aspe1337.blogspot.nl/2017/04/writeup-of-cve-2017-7199.htmlnvd
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