CVE-2023-0101

State: Published
Severity: 8.8 High
Published: Jan 20, 2023
Updated: Apr 2, 2025
Reserved: Jan 6, 2023

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability was identified in Nessus versions 8.10.1 through 8.15.8 and 10.0.0 through 10.4.1. An authenticated attacker could potentially execute a specially crafted file to obtain root or NT AUTHORITY / SYSTEM privileges on the Nessus host.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Nessusn/a	8.10.1 through 8.15.8, 10.0.0 through 10.4.1Affected

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-01
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-02

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