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Vulnerability · CVE-2017-7199

tenable nessus Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Published Nov 3, 2022 · catalog updated Nov 3, 2022 · tenable nessus Incorrect Permission

Patch now

CVE-2017-7199 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm tenable nessus Incorrect Permission against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (tenable nessus Incorrect Permission).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.36%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor tenable nessus

Nessus 6.6.2 - 6.10.3 contains a flaw related to insecure permissions that may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges when the software is running in Agent Mode. Version 6.10.4 fixes this issue.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

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  • vendor tenable nessusversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2017-7199

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2017-7199 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm tenable nessus Incorrect Permission against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.36%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 3, 2022 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Nessus 6.6.2 - 6.10.3 contains a flaw related to insecure permissions that may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges when the software is running in Agent Mode. Version 6.10.4 fixes this issue.

  2. Nov 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2017-7199

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2017-7199

    30-day exploitation probability 0.4%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2017-7199

    Nessus 6.6.2 - 6.10.3 contains a flaw related to insecure permissions that may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges when the software is running in Agent Mode. Version 6.10.4 fixes this issue.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.