CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-2848
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-04-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362
Description
A race condition in the wmi_malware_scan.nbin plugin before 201402262215 for Nessus 5.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges by replacing the dissolvable agent executable in the Windows temp directory with a Trojan horse program.
Affected configurations
• tenable nessus 5.2.1
• tenable plugin-set (<= 201402092115)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57403 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029946 www.securitytracker.com
- https://discussions.nessus.org/thread/7195 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.nccgroup.com/en/learning-and-research-centre/technical-advisories/nessus-authenticated-scan-local-privilege-escalation/ www.nccgroup.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57403 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029946 www.securitytracker.com
- https://discussions.nessus.org/thread/7195 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.nccgroup.com/en/learning-and-research-centre/technical-advisories/nessus-authenticated-scan-local-privilege-escalation/ www.nccgroup.com