CVE-2020-5793 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Nessus versions 8.9.0-8.12.0 and Nessus Agent versions 8.0.0-8.1.0 on Windows. An authenticated local attacker can copy user-supplied files to a specific system directory, potentially leading to arbitrary file write and execution. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High) due to its high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.9.0, <= 8.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_agent:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_agent:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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