PT-2020-18714 · Tenable+1 · Nessus Agent+2

Published 2020-11-05 · Updated 2020-11-16 · CVE-2020-5793

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Nessus versions 8.9.0 through 8.12.0 Nessus Agent versions 8.0.0 through 8.1.0

Description A vulnerability could allow an authenticated local attacker to copy user-supplied files to a specially constructed path in a specifically named user directory. The attacker could exploit this by creating a malicious file and copying it to a system directory, requiring valid credentials on the Windows system.

Recommendations For Nessus versions 8.9.0 through 8.12.0, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For Nessus Agent versions 8.0.0 through 8.1.0, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-5793

Affected Products

Nessus

Nessus Agent

Windows

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-5793 · Vendor Advisory
• https://tenable.com/security/tns-2020-08 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5793 · Security Note
• https://tenable.com/security/tns-2020-07 · Vendor Advisory