cve-2023-6062
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-20 20:20
Modified
2024-12-02 20:52
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges on the Nessus application could alter Nessus Rules variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host, which could lead to a denial of service condition.
References
vulnreport@tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-39Vendor Advisory
vulnreport@tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-40Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-39Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-40Vendor Advisory
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