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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-6543 · published 8 March 2017

CVE-2017-6543: Tenable nessus vulnerability

Tenable · Nessus

Tenable Nessus before 6.10.2 (as used alone or in Tenable Appliance before 4.5.0) was found to contain a flaw that allowed a remote, authenticated attacker to upload a crafted file that could be written to anywhere on the system. This could be used to subsequently gain elevated privileges on the system (e.g., after a reboot). This issue only affects installations on Windows.

7.3 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 0.84% · top 43.8%
7.3CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 6.0
0.84%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Tenable Nessus before 6.10.2 (as used alone or in Tenable Appliance before 4.5.0) was found to contain a flaw that allowed a remote, authenticated attacker to upload a crafted file that could be written to anywhere on the system. This could be used to subsequently gain elevated privileges on the system (e.g., after a reboot). This issue only affects installations on Windows.

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96418
http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-06 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96418
http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-06 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-6543), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.