CWE Code: 189
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 4.6
CWE Name:  Numeric Errors
Summary: signed integer vulnerability in libnasl in nessus before 2.0.6 allows local users with plugin upload privileges to cause a denial of service (core dump) and possibly execute arbitrary code by causing a negative argument to be provided to the insstr function as used in a nasl script.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): PARTIAL/PARTIAL/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2003-06-16
Last Modified Date: 2016-10-18