This vulnerability allows local malicious users to escalate privileges on affected installations of Tenable Nessus. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the configuration of OpenSSL. The process loads an OpenSSL configuration file from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM.
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tenable nessus |
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tenable nessus_agent |
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