7.3

CVE-2017-6543: tenable appliance

CVSS: 7.3v3.0HighModified
Published 08-03-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-6543 is a high (CVSS 7.3) vulnerability in tenable appliance. EPSS estimates a 0.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.3/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.84%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 08-03-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Tenable Nessus before 6.10.2 (as used alone or in Tenable Appliance before 4.5.0) was found to contain a flaw that allowed a remote, authenticated attacker to upload a crafted file that could be written to anywhere on the system. This could be used to subsequently gain elevated privileges on the system (e.g., after a reboot). This issue only affects installations on Windows.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.84%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

57%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.84% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.84%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Tenable2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

2 links