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CVE-2017-7850

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-04-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

Nessus 6.10.x before 6.10.5 was found to be vulnerable to a local privilege escalation issue due to insecure permissions when running in Agent Mode.

Affected products

• Tenable Nessus: 6.10.0, 6.10.1, 6.10.2, 6.10.3, 6.10.4

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97952
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-10
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97952
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-10

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