OS Command Injection in Tenable Nessus - CVE-2022-32973

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OS Command Injection in Tenable Nessus - CVE-2022-32973

Published: June 17, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU64482
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-32973
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote user can create an audit file that bypasses PowerShell cmdlet checks and executes commands with administrator privileges.



Affected software

Tenable Nessus
Nessus Agent

How to mitigate CVE-2022-32973

Install updates from vendor's website.

Tenable Nessus - addressed in versions 10.2.0, 8.15.6
Nessus Agent - addressed in versions 8.3.4, 10.1.4

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