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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.126339
Category:Privilege escalation
Title:Tenable Nessus < 8.15.8 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (TNS-2023-02)
Summary:Tenable Nessus is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Tenable Nessus is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Vulnerability Impact:
An authenticated attacker could potentially execute a specially
crafted file to obtain root or NT AUTHORITY / SYSTEM privileges on the Nessus host.

Affected Software/OS:
Tenable Nessus prior to version 8.15.8.

Solution:
Update to version 8.15.8 or later.

CVSS Score:
9.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-0101
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-01
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-02
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