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CVE-2020-5793

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.8) in tenable. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in Nessus versions 8.9.0 through 8.12.0 for Windows & Nessus Agent 8.0.0 and 8.1.0 for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to copy user-supplied files to a specially constructed path in a specifically named user directory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious file and copying the file to a system directory. The attacker needs valid credentials on the Windows system to exploit this vulnerability.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 33% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published
Modified
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Affected

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