# CVE-2017-6543: Tenable Nessus before 6.10.2 (as used alone or in Tenable Appliance before 4.5.0) was found to contain a flaw that allowed a remote, authent

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-03-08 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Tenable Nessus before 6.10.2 (as used alone or in Tenable Appliance before 4.5.0) was found to contain a flaw that allowed a remote, authenticated attacker to upload a crafted file that could be written to anywhere on the system. This could be used to subsequently gain elevated privileges on the system (e.g., after a reboot). This issue only affects installations on Windows.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-6543

## Related

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## References

- http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-06
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96418

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