Service interruption via logging-variable file overwrite
Published Aug 29, 2023 · Updated Oct 28, 2024
Arbitrary file write in Tenable Nessus before 10.6.0 allows remote authenticated users with administrator privileges to interrupt service. The logging configuration accepts administrator-controlled file destinations and writes log data to them without restricting the target path. Exploitation requires remote access to an authenticated administrator account; the reported consequence is host-file corruption and service interruption, not code execution.
Summary
What happened
Arbitrary file write in Tenable Nessus before 10.6.0 allows remote authenticated users with administrator privileges to interrupt service. The logging configuration accepts administrator-controlled file destinations and writes log data to them without restricting the target path. Exploitation requires remote access to an authenticated administrator account; the reported consequence is host-file corruption and service interruption, not code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-3252
- Published
- Aug 29, 2023
- Updated
- Oct 28, 2024
- Vendor
- Tenable
- Product
- Nessus
- Classifications
- CWE-427, CAPEC-23, T1565.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 29, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 28, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <10.6.0
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