CVE-2023-0101 describes a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Tenable Nessus versions 8.10.1 through 8.15.8 and 10.0.0 through 10.4.1. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by executing a specially crafted file to gain root or NT AUTHORITY / SYSTEM privileges on the Nessus host. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.10.1, < 8.15.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.0.0, < 10.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.