FKIE_CVE-2023-5847

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-11-01 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:49
Severity
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Under certain conditions, a low privileged attacker could load a specially crafted file during installation or upgrade to escalate privileges on Windows and Linux hosts.
References
vulnreport@tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-37Vendor Advisory
vulnreport@tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-38Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-37Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-38Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tenable nessus *
tenable nessus_agent *
linux linux_kernel -
microsoft windows -
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