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CVE-2023-6062

Arbitrary File Write

Severity Score

6.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges on the Nessus application could alter Nessus Rules variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host, which could lead to a denial of service condition.

Existe una vulnerabilidad de escritura de archivos arbitraria donde un atacante remoto autenticado con privilegios de administrador en la aplicación Nessus podría alterar las variables de las reglas de Nessus para sobrescribir archivos arbitrarios en el host remoto, lo que podría conducir a una condición de Denegación de Servicio.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-11-09 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-11-20 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
  • 2024-10-20 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CAPEC
  • CAPEC-23: File Content Injection
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
Search vendor "Tenable" for product "Nessus"
 < 10.5.7
Search vendor "Tenable" for product "Nessus" and version " < 10.5.7"
-
Affected
Tenable
Search vendor "Tenable"
 Nessus
Search vendor "Tenable" for product "Nessus"
 >= 10.6.0 < 10.6.3
Search vendor "Tenable" for product "Nessus" and version " >= 10.6.0 < 10.6.3"
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Affected