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    CVE-2017-6543

    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.

    Published:Mar 8, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Mar 8, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00268
    CVSS Score:7.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows
    Vendor
    Tenable
    Product
    Appliance
    Vendor
    Tenable
    Product
    Nessus

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High