CVE-2017-8051 EXPLOIT
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 16.5% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Tenable Appliance 3.5 - 4.4.0, and possibly prior versions, contains a flaw in the simpleupload.py script in the Web UI. Through the manipulation of the tns_appliance_session_user parameter, a remote attacker can inject arbitrary commands.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 16.48% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-78 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2017-04-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| tenable | appliance |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Tenable Appliance < 4.5 - Root Remote Code Execution | 2017-04-18 |
References
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