CVE-2017-7199 (GCVE-0-2017-7199)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-23 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:56
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Summary
Nessus 6.6.2 - 6.10.3 contains a flaw related to insecure permissions that may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges when the software is running in Agent Mode. Version 6.10.4 fixes this issue.
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2017-03-21 00:00
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