CVEs-PoC/2020/CVE-2020-5793.md

### [CVE-2020-5793](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-5793)
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### Description

A vulnerability in Nessus versions 8.9.0 through 8.12.0 for Windows & Nessus Agent 8.0.0 and 8.1.0 for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to copy user-supplied files to a specially constructed path in a specifically named user directory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious file and copying the file to a system directory. The attacker needs valid credentials on the Windows system to exploit this vulnerability.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-07
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-08

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.