CVE-2022-28291CWE-522

Insufficiently Protected Credentials: An authenticated user with debug privileges can retrieve stored Nessus policy credentials from the “nessusd” process in…

Medium · published October 17, 2022

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
55.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00770 · 55.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-522 · Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Published
2022-10-17T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 OCT 00:00Z
    Insufficiently Protected Credentials: An authenticated user with debug privileges can retrieve stored Nessus policy credentials from the “nessusd” process in…
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