7.8

CVE-2017-7850: tenable nessus

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
Published 19-04-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-7850 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in tenable nessus. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.28%
0%100%
Low · -0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 19-04-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Nessus 6.10.x before 6.10.5 was found to be vulnerable to a local privilege escalation issue due to insecure permissions when running in Agent Mode.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

20%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.03 pp

From 0.31% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.28%

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

Affected systems

Tenable1 product
  • nessus6.10.0 | 6.10.1 | 6.10.2 | 6.10.3 | 6.10.4

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links