Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-8051

RCE

Title: Tenable Appliance RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2017-8051

CWE Category CWE-78

Published Date Apr 21, 2017

Modified Date May 13, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 9.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

53.06%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-8051: 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.

Impacted Vendors

tenable 1

Reference Links

http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-07 https://vulndb.cyberriskanalytics.com/153135 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41892/ http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-07 https://vulndb.cyberriskanalytics.com/153135 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41892/

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

10.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns