7.8
HIGH
CVE-2017-7199
Nessus Tenable Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

Nessus 6.6.2 - 6.10.3 contains a flaw related to insecure permissions that may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges when the software is running in Agent Mode. Version 6.10.4 fixes this issue.

INFO

Published Date :

March 23, 2017, 4:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-7199 has a 27 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-7199 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Tenable nessus
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-7199.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97110 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038124
https://aspe1337.blogspot.nl/2017/04/writeup-of-cve-2017-7199.html
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-08 Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Offensive security toolkit: Exploits, payloads, and techniques for red teamers to test and improve defenses.

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Updated: 1 month ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 13, 2024, 4:36 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 17, 2024, 3:13 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Moriarty is designed to enumerate missing KBs, detect various vulnerabilities, and suggest potential exploits for Privilege Escalation in Windows environments.

C#

Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago
467 stars 54 fork 54 watcher
Born at : Dec. 11, 2023, 2:15 p.m. This repo has been linked 26 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 9 months, 3 weeks ago
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Born at : Nov. 26, 2023, 11:39 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 10 months, 3 weeks ago
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Born at : Oct. 25, 2023, 4:51 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year ago
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Born at : Sept. 9, 2023, 10:04 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 2 months ago
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Born at : July 18, 2023, 7:46 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 11 months, 1 week ago
3 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : July 11, 2023, 4:42 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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Updated: 1 year, 2 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 16, 2023, 6:31 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
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Born at : May 29, 2023, 10:30 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 13, 2023, 4:40 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 5 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 5, 2023, 3:36 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : April 3, 2023, 7:23 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 6 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 11, 2023, 5:35 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Red Teaming tools and techniques

Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago
44 stars 12 fork 12 watcher
Born at : Feb. 16, 2023, 7:23 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-7199 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-7199 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-732
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 12, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038124 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 12, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://aspe1337.blogspot.nl/2017/04/writeup-of-cve-2017-7199.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 31, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-08 No Types Assigned https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-08 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97110 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97110 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97110 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

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