Nessus remote authenticated file write via rule var overwrite
CVE-2023-6062 Published on November 20, 2023
An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges on the Nessus application could alter Nessus Rules variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host, which could lead to a denial of service condition.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-6062 is exploitable with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
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Affected Versions
Tenable Nessus:- Before 10.6.2 is affected.
- Version 10.5.7 is unaffected.
Exploit Probability
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