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[R3] Tenable Nessus Malicious Process Detection Temporary Service Binary Modification Local Privilege Escalation

High

Synopsis

Nessus contains a race condition in the Malicious Process Detection plugin that leads to unauthorized privileges being gained. The issue is due to the plugin creating a binary with a static name in the temporary folder. Once Nessus has started a scan, a low-level user may overwrite this binary, and it will be executed upon reboot of the device. This may allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges.

Solution

Tenable has released an updated version of the affected plugin (59275) to address this issue. Customers will automatically receive the update in the routine daily plugin update.

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Risk Information

CVE ID: CVE-2014-2848
Tenable Advisory ID: TNS-2014-01
Risk Factor: High
Credit:
Neil Jones (NCC Group)
CVSSv2 Base / Temporal Score
7.2 / 5.3
CVSSv2 Vector:
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Additional Keywords:
NGS00643

Affected Products

Nessus: 5.2.1

Disclosure Timeline

2014-02-18 - Vendor Informed Date
2014-02-18 - Vendor Ack Date
2014-03-06 - Vendor Solution Date
2014-03-20 - Disclosure Date

Advisory Timeline

2014-07-08 - [R1] Initial release
2014-07-23 - [R2] Convert to CVSS w/ Temporal
2017-03-01 - [R3] Formatting, severity didn't match CVSS