CVE-2023-2005 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Tenable.io, Tenable Nessus, and Tenable Security Center, specifically versions before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202. An authenticated attacker with sufficient permissions on a scan target could exploit this by placing a malicious binary in a specific filesystem location, leveraging an impacted plugin to escalate privileges. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability presents a significant risk with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring low privileges and no user interaction. Currently, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has not been added to the CISA KEV catalog, nor is there any significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tenable:securitycenter:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tenable:tenable.io:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.