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FKIE_CVE-2017-8051

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-04-21 18:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:25
Summary
Tenable Appliance 3.5 - 4.4.0, and possibly prior versions, contains a flaw in the simpleupload.py script in the Web UI. Through the manipulation of the tns_appliance_session_user parameter, a remote attacker can inject arbitrary commands.
Impacted products

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