CVE-2017-8051 describes a critical command injection vulnerability in Tenable Appliance versions 3.5 through 4.4.0, and potentially earlier. A remote attacker can exploit a flaw in the simpleupload.py script within the Web UI by manipulating the tns_appliance_session_user parameter to execute arbitrary commands. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, including a Metasploit module and an ExploitDB entry, and it has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tenable:appliance:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tenable:appliance:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tenable:appliance:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tenable:appliance:3.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tenable:appliance:3.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.