CVE-2025-24914

Published: Apr 18, 2025Modified: Apr 21, 2025

7.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: vulnreport@tenable.com (Secondary)

Description

When installing Nessus to a non-default location on a Windows host, Nessus versions prior to 10.8.4 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the non-default installation location. - CVE-2025-24914

Related CWEs

CWE-276

Incorrect Default Permissions

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

References (1)

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2025-05

Source: vulnreport@tenable.com

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