7.3

CVE-2023-5847: tenable nessus Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 7.3v3.1HighModified
Published 01-11-2023Last modified 05-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-5847 is a high (CVSS 7.3) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in tenable nessus. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.3/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.22%
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. 01-11-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Under certain conditions, a low privileged attacker could load a specially crafted file during installation or upgrade to escalate privileges on Windows and Linux hosts.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.22% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.22%

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

Tenable2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

2 links