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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 5, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-5793

CVE-2020-5793

Description

A vulnerability in Nessus versions 8.9.0 through 8.12.0 for Windows & Nessus Agent 8.0.0 and 8.1.0 for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to copy user-supplied files to a specially constructed path in a specifically named user directory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious file and copying the file to a system directory. The attacker needs valid credentials on the Windows system to exploit this vulnerability.

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Affected products

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  • Tenable/Nessus2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=8.9.0,<=8.12.0
    • (no CPE)range: 8.9.0 - 8.12.0
  • Tenable/Agent3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_agent:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_agent:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_agent:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 8.0.0 - 8.1.0
  • Nessus/Nessus Agentdescription

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