CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-5794

7.8 HIGH Published 2020-11-06 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-11-06
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

A vulnerability in Nessus Network Monitor versions 5.11.0, 5.11.1, and 5.12.0 for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to execute arbitrary code by copying user-supplied files to a specially constructed path in a specifically named user directory. The attacker needs valid credentials on the Windows system to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected configurations

• tenable nessus network monitor 5.11.0 • tenable nessus network monitor 5.11.1 • tenable nessus network monitor 5.12.0

References