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CVE-2017-8051: tenable appliance OS Command Injection

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
Published 21-04-2017Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-8051 is a high (CVSS 10.0) OS Command Injection vulnerability in tenable appliance. EPSS estimates a 16.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
90/100
0100
Critical · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
16.48%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 21-04-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Tenable Appliance 3.5 - 4.4.0, and possibly prior versions, contains a flaw in the simpleupload.py script in the Web UI. Through the manipulation of the tns_appliance_session_user parameter, a remote attacker can inject arbitrary commands.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

16.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 16.48% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
16.48%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databaseremotelinuxUnverified

    Tenable Appliance < 4.5 - Root Remote Code Execution

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Tenable1 product
  • appliance3.4.0 | 3.5.0 | 3.5.1 | 3.10.0 | 3.10.1 | 4.0.0 | 4.1.0 | 4.2.0 | 4.3.0 | 4.3.1 | 4.4.0

1 vendor · 1 product

References

3 links