CVE-2023-6062

CVSS 3.1 Score 6.5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Nov 20, 2023
Updated: Nov 29, 2023
CWE ID 787

Summary

CVE-2023-6062 is a critical vulnerability affecting the Nessus application. This arbitrary file write issue allows an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges to manipulate Nessus Rules variables and overwrite arbitrary files on the targeted system. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in denial of service conditions. Organizations using Nessus are urged to apply the necessary patches or updates to mitigate this risk.

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Affected Products

  • Tenable Nessus

Affected Vendors

  • Tenable Network Security, Inc.