CVE-2023-5622 json
Privilege Escalation
published 2023-10-26 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-57915
- cvss
- 7.1
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Under certain conditions, Nessus Network Monitor could allow a low privileged user to escalate privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows hosts by replacing a specially crafted file.
Patch / fix
- Tenable Nessus Network Monitor 6.3.0
- tenable nessus_network_monitor 6.3.0
- tenable.com/security/tns-2023-34 advisory
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Tenable Nessus Network Monitor
- tenable nessus_network_monitor
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
References
-
tenable.com
/security/tns-2023-34
patch, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-5622
- NVD CVE-2023-5622
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