Insufficiently Protected Credentials: An authenticated user with debug privileges can retrieve stored Nessus policy credentials from the “nessusd” process in cleartext via process dumping. The affected products are all versions of Nessus Essentials and Professional. The vulnerability allows an attacker to access credentials stored in Nessus scanners, potentially compromising its customers’ network of assets.
References
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https://cybersecurityworks.com/blog/zero-days/csw-expert-discovers-a-zero-day-vulnerability-in-tenables-nessus-scanner.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CSW
Published: 2022-10-17T00:00:00
Updated: 2022-10-17T00:00:00
Reserved: 2022-03-31T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2022-28291
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2022-10-17T16:15:20.930
Modified: 2022-10-19T13:34:24.947
Link: CVE-2022-28291
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