CVE-2023-2005

Local privilege escalation via attacker-placed binary

Published Jun 26, 2023 · Updated Dec 3, 2024

Privilege escalation in Tenable.io, Nessus, and Security Center plugin feeds before #202306261202 allows local users to execute code. The impacted plugin resolves a binary through a filesystem location writable by a sufficiently privileged scan-target user, allowing substituted executable content to run. Exploitation requires high privileges on a scan target and user interaction during the impacted scan, and successful execution grants the plugin's elevated privileges.

CVSS severity6.3
Medium
EPSS probability0.38%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Hinoki checkNot available
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Summary

What happened

Privilege escalation in Tenable.io, Nessus, and Security Center plugin feeds before #202306261202 allows local users to execute code. The impacted plugin resolves a binary through a filesystem location writable by a sufficiently privileged scan-target user, allowing substituted executable content to run. Exploitation requires high privileges on a scan target and user interaction during the impacted scan, and successful execution grants the plugin's elevated privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-2005
Published
Jun 26, 2023
Updated
Dec 3, 2024
Vendor
Tenable
Product
Tenable Vulnerability Management
Classifications
CWE-427, CAPEC-471, CAPEC-38, T1574
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jun 26, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Dec 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <Plugin Feed ID #202306261202

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Tenable · Tenable Vulnerability Managementversion=0 <Plugin Feed ID #202306261202
Tenable · Tenable Security Centerversion=0 <Plugin Feed ID #202306261202
Tenable · Nessusversion=0 <Plugin Feed ID #202306261202

Published CVSS scores

6.3TenableCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path Element
CAPEC-471Search Order Hijacking
CAPEC-38Leveraging/Manipulating Configuration File Search Paths
T1574Hijack Execution Flow

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