NNM ACL Misconfiguration Allows Local Privilege Escalation to SYSTEM
CVE-2023-5623 Published on October 26, 2023
Privilege Escalation
NNM failed to properly set ACLs on its installation directory, which could allow a low privileged user to run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges where NNM is installed to a non-standard location
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-5623 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Incorrect Default Permissions
During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-5623
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Affected Versions
Tenable Nessus Network Monitor:- Before 6.3.0 is affected.
- Before 6.3.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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