CVE-2020-5812 Information

Description

Nessus AMI versions 8.12.0 and earlier were found to either not validate or incorrectly validate a certificate which could allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by using a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-01

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.9