9 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
42.8%
Tenable Nessus Agent is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:tenable:nessus";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.118412");
script_version("2024-02-09T14:47:30+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-09 14:47:30 +0000 (Fri, 09 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-11-09 12:53:13 +0000 (Wed, 09 Nov 2022)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-06-28 21:31:00 +0000 (Tue, 28 Jun 2022)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2022-32973", "CVE-2022-32974");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Tenable Nessus < 8.15.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2022-16)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_tenable_nessus_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("tenable/nessus/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Tenable Nessus Agent is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Two separate vulnerabilities that utilize the Audit
functionality in Nessus were discovered, reported and fixed. Nessus version 8.15.6 fixes the
reported Audit function vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2022-32973: An authenticated attacker could create an audit file that bypasses
PowerShell cmdlet checks and executes commands with administrator privileges.
- CVE-2022-32974: An authenticated attacker could read arbitrary files from the underlying
operating system of the scanner using a custom crafted compliance audit file without providing
any valid SSH credentials.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Tenable Nessus prior to version 8.15.6.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 8.15.6 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-16");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "8.15.6")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "8.15.6", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
9 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
42.8%