Security Advisory

CVE-2020-5793

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-11-05 19:11:24
Last updated 2024-08-04 08:39:26
Assigner tenable
State PUBLISHED

Description

A vulnerability in Nessus versions 8.9.0 through 8.12.0 for Windows & Nessus Agent 8.0.0 and 8.1.0 for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to copy user-supplied files to a specially constructed path in a specifically named user directory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious file and copying the file to a system directory. The attacker needs valid credentials on the Windows system to exploit this vulnerability.