CVE-2023-2005

low-risk
Published 2023-06-26

Vulnerability in Tenable Tenable.Io, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center.This issue affects Tenable.Io: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Nessus: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Security Center: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 . This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions on a scan target to place a binary in a specific filesystem location, and abuse the impacted plugin in order to escalate privileges.

Do I need to act?

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0.26% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.3/10 Medium
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (3)

Securitycenter
Tenable.Io

Affected Vendors

Tenable

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-21
Vendor Advisory https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-21
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low-risk
Severity 16/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 9/34 · Low