CVE-2017-7199

CVE-2017-7199 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Tenable Nessus Agent versions 6.6.2 through 6.10.3, stemming from insecure permissions. This flaw carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating that a low-privileged local attacker could achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) with low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, including a Reddit post detailing its discovery and exploitation.