CVE-2019-3974 describes a vulnerability in Nessus 8.5.2 and earlier on Windows, allowing authenticated attackers to arbitrarily overwrite system files, leading to a denial of service. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.1) requires low privileges but can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in high impact to system integrity and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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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.