CVE-2023-5623

Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

NNM failed to properly set ACLs on its installation directory, which could allow a low privileged user to run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges where NNM is installed to a non-standard location

NNM no pudo configurar correctamente las ACL en su directorio de instalación, lo que podría permitir a un usuario con pocos privilegios ejecutar código arbitrario con privilegios de SYSTEM cuando NNM está instalado en una ubicación no estándar.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-10-17 CVE Reserved
2023-10-26 CVE Published
2023-10-27 EPSS Updated
2024-09-09 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CWE-276: Incorrect Default Permissions

CAPEC

CAPEC-233: Privilege Escalation

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-34	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Tenable Search vendor "Tenable"		Nessus Network Monitor Search vendor "Tenable" for product "Nessus Network Monitor"				< 6.3.0 Search vendor "Tenable" for product "Nessus Network Monitor" and version " < 6.3.0"		-		Affected