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CVE-2017-7199

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

Nessus 6.6.2 - 6.10.3 contains a flaw related to insecure permissions that may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges when the software is running in Agent Mode. Version 6.10.4 fixes this issue.

Affected products

• Tenable Nessus: 6.6.2, 6.7, 6.8.0, 6.8.1, 6.9.0, 6.9.1 (+6)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97110
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038124
• https://aspe1337.blogspot.nl/2017/04/writeup-of-cve-2017-7199.html
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-08
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97110
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038124
• https://aspe1337.blogspot.nl/2017/04/writeup-of-cve-2017-7199.html
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-08

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