cvelist/2018/1xxx/CVE-2018-1141.json

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        "ASSIGNER": "vulnreport@tenable.com",
        "DATE_PUBLIC": "2018-03-19T00:00:00",
        "ID": "CVE-2018-1141",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
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                {
                    "product": {
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                            {
                                "product_name": "Nessus",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "All versions prior to 7.0.3"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
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                    },
                    "vendor_name": "Tenable"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default location, Nessus versions prior to 7.0.3 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the installation location."
            }
        ]
    },
    "problemtype": {
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            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "Local Privilege Escalation"
                    }
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        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "name": "https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-01",
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "url": "https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-01"
            },
            {
                "name": "1040557",
                "refsource": "SECTRACK",
                "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040557"
            }
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