High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 19, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-7850
CVE-2017-7850
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.
Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 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:6.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97952nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-10nvdVendor Advisory
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