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CVE-2020-5793

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• 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: 2020-11-05 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

A vulnerability in Nessus versions 8.9.0 through 8.12.0 for Windows & Nessus Agent 8.0.0 and 8.1.0 for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to copy user-supplied files to a specially constructed path in a specifically named user directory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious file and copying the file to a system directory. The attacker needs valid credentials on the Windows system to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Tenable Nessus: from 8.9.0 through 8.12.0
• Tenable Agent: 8.0.0, 8.1.0

References

• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-07
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-08
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-07
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-08

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