PT-2023-1365 · Tenable · Tenable.Sc+2

Published 2023-01-30 · Updated 2023-02-07 · CVE-2023-0524

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Tenable Nessus, tenable.io, tenable.sc (affected versions not specified)

Description A potential privilege escalation issue was identified internally, which could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions to modify environment variables and abuse an impacted plugin in order to escalate privileges. The probability of successful exploitation is low.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-17

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-00702

CVE-2023-0524

Affected Products

Tenable Nessus

Tenable.Io

Tenable.Sc

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0524 · Security Note
• https://tenable.com/security/tns-2023-04 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-00702 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/43288 · Telegram Post