CVE-2023-0101 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00174.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Tenable	Nessus

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12199	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published: 2023-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-02T14:39:20.322Z

Reserved: 2023-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-0101

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:02:43.571Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-20T19:15:17.847

Modified: 2025-04-02T15:15:50.953

Link: CVE-2023-0101

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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