CVE-2023-5847 | BDVDB-2026-215731 Detail

TenableNessus

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.

Impact#

CAPEC-233 Privilege Escalation

Weaknesses#

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12023-11-01Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2023-11-01
Last modified: 2024-09-05

Vendor information

Vendor: Tenable
Product: Nessus

All Tenable vulnerabilities

Score

6.7 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 14.9.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Privilege Escalation

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
< 10.6.2
Fixed
10.6.2

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

6.7 Medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	High
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	High
Availability	High

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).