CVE-2020-5794

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

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

A vulnerability in Nessus Network Monitor versions 5.11.0, 5.11.1, and 5.12.0 for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to execute arbitrary code by copying user-supplied files to a specially constructed path in a specifically named user 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 31% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2020-11-06
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

tenable:nessus_network_monitor

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-09
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-09

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