CVE-2023-5847 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Under certain conditions, a low privileged attacker could load a specially crafted file during installation or upgrade to escalate privileges on Windows and Linux hosts.

Published: 2023-11-01

Score: 6.7 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Tenable

Nessus

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 10.6.2

Tenable

Nessus Agent

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 10.4.3

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

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

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-58127	Under certain conditions, a low privileged attacker could load a specially crafted file during installation or upgrade to escalate privileges on Windows and Linux hosts.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00051.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-37
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-38

History

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Subscriptions

Linux Linux Kernel

Microsoft Windows

Tenable Nessus Nessus Agent

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published: 2023-11-01T15:30:55.181Z

Updated: 2024-09-05T19:40:22.479Z

Reserved: 2023-10-30T16:43:53.216Z

Link: CVE-2023-5847

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:14:24.323Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-01T16:15:08.867

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:42:37.390

Link: CVE-2023-5847

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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