CVE-2017-7199

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-732

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97110Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038124
https://aspe1337.blogspot.nl/2017/04/writeup-of-cve-2017-7199.html
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-08Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97110Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038124
https://aspe1337.blogspot.nl/2017/04/writeup-of-cve-2017-7199.html
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-08Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 23, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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