Description
A race condition in nessus-adduser in Nessus 2.0.11 and possibly earlier versions, if the TMPDIR environment variable is not set, allows local users to gain privileges.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 3.7/10
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12127/Patch
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-11.xmlPatch
- http://www.nessus.org/nessus_2_0.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10784Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16768
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12127/Patch
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-11.xmlPatch
- http://www.nessus.org/nessus_2_0.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10784Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16768
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 31, 2004
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified