CVEs-PoC/2020/CVE-2020-5812.md

### [CVE-2020-5812](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-5812)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Tenable%20Nessus%20AMI&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=Improper%20Certificate%20Validation&color=brighgreen)

### 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.

### POC

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

#### Github
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